Notifications and Qisutu¶

Set up SMTP and Qisutu, check delivery status, and track problems and recovery notifications.

  • Purpose and access
  • Define the device scope
  • Set up email notifications
  • Send notifications to the Qisutu ticket system
  • Use internal CA certificates
  • Check delivery status and changes
  • Notifications during maintenance or dependencies
  • End-to-end check after setup
Qisutu Monitoring Manual · Version 1.x
  • Introduction
    • Structure and terminology
    • Your first monitoring setup
    • Functional areas
  • Installation and commissioning
    • Requirements and operating model
    • Installation from the tar.gz package
    • First sign-in and commissioning
    • Updates without losing existing data
  • Operation and analysis
    • Signing in and navigation
    • Device list and device details
    • Understanding statuses
    • Starting and pausing checks
    • Understanding check rules
    • Opening device details
    • Reading measurement histories
  • Devices and device discovery
    • Adding devices manually
    • Adding devices from device discovery
    • Configuring a device and saving changes
    • Managing device groups
    • Selecting and changing multiple devices
    • Creating monitoring templates
    • Applying and updating templates
    • Deleting checks or devices
  • Checks and readings
    • Set up ping
    • Check websites and web interfaces
    • Check TCP connections
    • Set up Linux resources over SSH
    • Set up resources using SNMP
    • Thresholds for CPU, RAM and filesystems
    • Select additional resource types
    • Configure detected interfaces individually
    • Set up additional checks
    • Certificate trust for additional checks
    • Certificate expiry
    • DNS check
    • Mail · SMTP, Mail · IMAP and Mail · POP3
    • Windows
    • Virtualization · Hyper-V
    • Virtualization · VMware
    • Hardware · iLO / iDRAC / Redfish
    • Hardware · Synology NAS and Hardware · UPS
    • Database · MariaDB / MySQL / PostgreSQL
    • Printer · Status and supplies
    • Network quality
    • Traffic by source
    • Web scenario
    • HTTP / JSON
    • SNMP / Vendor profile
    • Linux log
    • Custom SSH check
    • Prometheus exporter
    • Docker containers
    • Kubernetes
    • AWS CloudWatch
    • Azure Monitor
    • Microsoft SQL Server
    • Calculated metric
  • Device connections
    • Configuring a monitoring dependency
    • Documenting cable and Wi-Fi connections
    • Using and saving the diagram
  • Notifications and Qisutu
    • Purpose and access
    • Define the device scope
    • Set up email notifications
      • Test the connection and save
    • Send notifications to the Qisutu ticket system
      • Prepare the connection in Qisutu
      • Store the connection in monitoring
      • What is transmitted to Qisutu?
    • Use internal CA certificates
    • Check delivery status and changes
    • Notifications during maintenance or dependencies
    • End-to-end check after setup
  • Administration
    • Agents: user accounts for the interface
      • Create an account
      • Edit, deactivate and delete accounts
    • Personal language and password
      • Reset a forgotten password
    • Defaults for new service checks
    • Reading retention and performance
    • Set up distributed data collectors
      • Step 1: Create the data collector on the central server
      • Step 2: Install the remote Linux system
      • Step 3: Assign devices
      • Change the access key and pause the data collector
      • Behavior during connection interruptions
    • Device activation and service contract
      • Request and apply an activation file
      • Select devices for a smaller tier
  • Operation and backups
    • Service control, diagnostics and logs
    • Server address, HTTPS port and custom certificate
    • Backups
    • Uninstallation
  • Troubleshooting and interfaces
    • Device or check provides no current values
    • No notification or no Qisutu ticket
    • Interface shows old or misplaced content
    • Frequently asked administration questions
    • Common errors
    • Intended integration methods
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