You can configure our Linux Server Monitoring agent to initiate and record outgoing PING requests to specified targets. This way, you can observe and be notified of packet loss that your server may experience towards any given targets. To get started, you’ll need to edit the agent configuration file found here: /etc/hetrixtools/hetrixtools.cfg Look at the […]
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Configure CPU Temperature Warnings
If you have installed our Server Monitoring agent on your server, you can monitor your CPU’s temperature and receive warnings when it gets too high. To get started, assuming you have already installed the agent on your server, head on to your Uptime Monitors dashboard from your client area menu. Click on the Uptime Monitor […]
Failed to read CPU temperature natively
You may come across this error if our Server Monitoring agent is unable to read your server’s CPU temperature natively (i.e., from inside a virtual machine or without the use of third-party software). The most common reason why you’d encounter this error is that the Server Monitoring agent is installed inside a virtual machine, and […]
How to remove a monitored Service from multiple servers?
This guide is for our Linux Monitoring Agent, and only if you’re using Service Monitoring on this agent. If you are monitoring multiple services with our Linux Monitoring Agent, these are stored in the config file /etc/hetrixtools/hetrixtools.cfg as follows, for example:CheckServices=”ssh,php8.1-fpm,mysql” If you wish to remove a service from being monitored, you’ll need to run […]
What is Uptime Monitoring?
The short answer would be that uptime monitoring is the process of monitoring the uptime of your websites and servers using a third-party uptime monitoring tool. These tools will periodically access your website or ping your server to make sure that they are up and running correctly. Whenever they are found to be down or […]
Debug Mode – Windows Agent
Starting with the version 2.0.4 of our Windows Server Monitoring Agent, we’ve introduced Debug Mode. This mode, when turned on, allows your agent to generate a log file located at C:\Program Files\HetrixTools\debug.log, which you can send to our support staff in order to debug potential issues with your agent. To turn Debug Mode on/off, run the following commands in […]
Windows Server Monitoring Agent v2
[30 Oct 2024] We’re thrilled to announce the much-awaited v2 of our Windows Monitoring Agent:https://github.com/hetrixtools/agent-windows You can install this version right now on your Windows server or computer, as shown in the following guide:https://docs.hetrixtools.com/installing-the-windows-server-monitoring-agent/ This is a big stepping stone from the v1 Windows Monitoring Agent, which had been stuck in pre-alpha since its inception. […]
How to increase Linux Server Monitoring Agent metrics collection intervals
If you’d like to configure our Server Monitoring Agent to collect its metrics less often (default every 3 seconds), you can do so by editing the agent’s config file as follows. [available for version 2.1.x+] Open the following agent configuration file with any text editor: /etc/hetrixtools/hetrixtools.cfg Locate the following section: CollectEveryXSeconds=3 Change this value to […]
Debug Mode – Linux Agent
Starting with the version 2.2.x of our Linux Server Monitoring Agent, we’ve introduced Debug Mode. This mode, when turned on, allows your agent to generate a log file, located at /etc/hetrixtools/debug.log which you can send it to our support staff in order to debug potential issues with your agent. Turn on Debug Mode sed -i […]
ZFS Health Monitoring
This feature is included for free in our Uptime Monitor service. [Available on our Linux Server Monitor Agent Version: 2.1.x+]https://github.com/hetrixtools/agent You can use our Linux Server Monitor Agent to keep track and be notified of the health of your ZFS pool(s). To begin, head on to your uptime monitors dashboard from your client area menu. Now, find […]