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IBM Tivoli Monitoring > Version 6.3 > User's Guides > Agent Builder User's Guide > Customize agent configuration IBM Tivoli Monitoring, Version 6.3
Configure a Secure Shell (SSH) remote connection
Information about configuring an SSH remote connection
Script data sources can monitor data on the system where the agent is installed and also on remote systems. If script data sources are monitoring data remotely, they all share SSH remote connection configuration properties for the agent level where they are defined. Earlier versions of an agent might use the script data provider before remote monitoring was enabled. To maintain compatibility with earlier versions of agents, SSH remote connection configuration properties are not automatically added to the agent. The script data source in your agent monitors data on the local system where the agent is installed.
If you define a Script data source in a subnode and you select Enable data collection using SSH, you can configure each subnode instance to monitor a different remote system. All script data sources in the subnode share SSH remote connection configuration properties.
If you want the agent to remotely monitor a remote system, use the following procedure.
Procedure
In the Agent Editor, Data Source Definition window for the script data source, select Enable data collection using SSH.
Results
The following connection-specific configuration properties can be accessed from the Agent Editor, Runtime Configuration Information page by selecting Configuration for Secure Shell (SSH) > SSH Remote Connection
- Network address
- The IP address or host name of the remote computer.
- SSH Port Number
- The IP port number on which the SSH server is running. The default value is 22.
- Authentication Type
- Type of authentication to use when you are logging on to the remote SSH server. You can choose Password or Public Key.
- Disconnect from the remote system after each collection interval
- An option to determine whether the script data provider drops the login session to the remote system after it collects data. By default, the value is No.
- Remove script from the remote system after each collection interval
- An option to delete the script from the remote system after each data collection interval. By default, the value is No.
If the Authentication Type is set to Password, the following configuration properties can be accessed from the Agent Editor, Runtime Configuration Information page by selecting Configuration for Secure Shell (SSH) > Password:
- Username
- User name for the remote system
- Password
- Password for the remote system
If Authentication Type is set to Public Key, the following configuration properties can be accessed from the Agent Editor, Runtime Configuration Information page by selecting Configuration for Secure Shell (SSH) > Public Key:
- Username
- User name that is associated with the public key file
- Public Keyfile
- Public key file that is associated with the user
- Private Keyfile
- Private key file that is associated with the user
- Password
- Password that is used to unlock the private key file
What to do next
You can view, add, and change the configuration properties using the Agent Editor. See (Change configuration properties using the Agent Editor). If the SSH Remote Connection configuration properties are included in a subnode, you can also specify Subnode Configuration Overrides. See (Subnode configuration).
Parent topic:
Customize agent configuration