As you may very well know, linux servers sometimes require to be rebooted in order for updates to be installed and take full effect. Some distributions make the reboot requirement quite obvious by showing you a message like the one below when you’re logging into your server via SSH. Starting with version 1.5.6 of our […]
Articles Tagged: server monitor
View Running Processes
Starting off with version 1.5.4 of our SSH Server Monitoring Agent, you can now view the running processes in your HetrixTools Server Monitoring Dashboard. Here’s how to access this info. Begin by going to your Uptime Monitors page in your dashboard: Click on the Uptime Monitor name that you wish to view the Server Monitoring […]
HDD/SSD/NVMe Drive Health Monitor
This feature is included for free in our Uptime Monitor service. [Available on our Linux Server Monitor Agent Version: 1.5.3+]https://github.com/hetrixtools/agent Required software: Please note that our Server Monitoring Agent will not automatically install these tools for you. You can configure our Server Monitoring agent to collect health data regarding your storage drives, HDD/SSD/NVMe. To get […]
Software RAID Monitoring
This feature is included for free in our Uptime Monitor service. [Available on our Linux Server Monitor Agent Version: 1.5.3+]https://github.com/hetrixtools/agent You have the ability to allow our Server Monitoring agent to collect the health data of your Software RAID setup (mdadm). In order to get started, go to your Uptime Monitors page in your client […]
Installing the Windows Server Monitoring Agent
Agent v2.x Version 2.x of our Windows Agent has been rewritten in pure PowerShell.You can find its open source code on GitHub:https://github.com/hetrixtools/agent-windows To install this agent on your Windows server or computer, follow the steps below. Start by going to your Uptime Monitors dashboard: Find the Uptime Monitor you wish to attach the server agent […]
What to do if my Uptime Monitor is down?
Once you get alerted by our platform that one of your Uptime Monitors is down, you should quickly begin to investigate what the issue that’s causing your downtime is. 1. Check the Location Fail Log A very good place to start would be to look in your monitor’s Location Fail Log: https://docs.hetrixtools.com/location-fail-log/ The Location Fail […]
What to do if the Server Monitoring Agent isn’t sending any data?
If you’re using our Server Monitoring Agent, but it isn’t sending any data to our platform, you will see an error like this: Here’s a few common things you should look for which may fix the issue: Most of these issues are beyond our control and out of our hands to fix, so you should […]
Misconfigured Network Interface Name (PHP Agent)
Unlike our regular shell agent, our PHP Server Monitoring Agent cannot automatically detect your server’s network interface name, so this name is set to empty by default. This setting being empty means that the agent will track the network usage data from all available network interfaces. However, if you wish to set just one specific […]
Install the PHP version of the Server Monitoring Agent (on cPanel)
If you wish to monitor your server’s resources, but you do not have root access (i.e.: you’re on a shared web hosting plan), you can just use our PHP Server Monitoring Agent. The installation procedure is a bit more complex than our regular monitoring agent, but this guide will show you exactly what you’ve got […]
Misconfigured Network Interface Name
If our Server Monitoring Agent cannot automatically find any of your network interfaces to monitor, you will need to manually configure these into the Agent file. First of all start by reinstalling the Agent to make sure that everything’s clean and working correctly. If you’ve just performed a clean Agent install then this step is […]