/ Administrator Training PAT-2012 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS Duration: 15 hours Average networking knowledge Average Linux knowledge 1 computer per student Network in the classroom to connect all hosts (including the teacher) Windows or Linux hosts with at least 1GB RAM, 4GB hardisk and permission to install and run VirtualBox This course is required for entry into the advanced Pandora FMS course (PAE) 1. INTRODUCCIÓN TO PANDORA FMS - History and evolution of Pandora FMS - Main features of Pandora FMS 2. PANDORA FMS ARCHITECTURE - Overview - Software agents - Servers - Console - Database - Remote monitoring vs. local monitoring 1
3. PANDORA FMS INSTALLATION - Installation overview - Required packages - Console - Servers - Previous steps - Console installation - Console configuration - First login - Server install - Server setup - Server test and first run - Unix agent install and setup - Tentacle server - Enterprise version - Update console using OpenUpdate Manager - Update from RPM, Tarball or sources - Upgrade version : Installation 4. INTRODUCTION TO MONITORING - SNMP, WMI - Synchronous vs Asynchronous monitoring - Pandora FMS data types - Events, status and data - Interval - What is an agent? About the agent concept 5. REMOTE MONITORING - Basic network monitoring (ICMP, TCP) - WMI monitoring - SNMP monitoring 2
- WEB monitoring - Module library - New host detection and discovery: Recon server : Network monitoring 6. LOCAL MONITORING - Windows agent installation - Agent configuration - SO specific modules - EXEC modules - Unix agent installation - Remote configuration : Local monitoring 7. TUNING AND PROBLEM SOLVING - Server settings - Console settings - DB maintance scripts - Information sources 8. ALERTS - Templates - Actions - Commands - Alert scalation 3
9. REPORTS, GRAPHIC AND VISUAL MAPS - Pandora FMS ACL system - Element types in a report - Other report features (Enterprise) - Custom/Combined graphs - Visual console maps - Dashboards 10. FINAL EXERCISE PAT Exam CERTIFICATION EXAM Checks the knowledge for a minimum level, to ensure student is able to deploy Pandora FMS properly Required to get the PAT certification Online or presencial exam with test type random questions English exam only 4
/ Engineer Training PAE-2012 TRAINING REQUIREMENTS Duration: 2 days or 15 hours aprox. Average networking knowledge Advanced Linux knowledge Average scripting knowledge 1 computer per student Network between student computers in the classroom Windows/Linux systens with 2GB RAM and 10GB free disk. VirtualBox installed in their systems This course requires a minimum of one year experience in Pandora FMS or a PAT certification 1. SERVER PLUGINS - Overview - Plugin creation - Nagios plugins compatibility - Design of a new plugin - PSPZ interchange format and packaging 2. AGENT PLUGINS - Design of a new plugin on Windows - Design of a new plugin on Unix 5
3. POLICIES - Local components and remote components - Local components in a policy - Alerts in a policy - Policy synchronization 4. FILE COLLECTION - File collection in policies 5. HIGH AVAILABILITY - General HA architecture in Pandora FMS - Active / Active - Active / Passive - Cluster - Pandora FMS and Keepalive/LVM - Agent server balancing 6. SYSTEM SIZING - By module type: - By server: - Local modules - Network modules - Server balancing - Max/Avg load measurement 6
- Fine tuning on servers - Advanced MySQL Setup - Almost realtime systems: - Low latency on network modules - Asynchronous monitoring in Windows - Asynchronous SNMP monitoring - Load and stress tests 7. PANDORA FMS EXTENSIONS - Using the CLI for custom integration - Database E/R overview - Console extensions 8. PANDORA FMS AND SNMP - Advanced SNMP Console. MIB Loading - Alertas SNMP y forwarding - SNMP Proxies - SNMP module creation from MIBS CERTIFICATION EXAM Checks the knowledge for a minimum level, to ensure student is able to deploy Pandora FMS properly Required to get the PAE certification Online or presencial exam with test type random questions English exam only 7
AVAILABLE DOCUMENTATION IN ALL COURSES Each student will have: 1. Official documentation (PDF) 2. Training slides 3. Certificate of attendance Each student can: Apply to certification exam (PAT or PAE) at the end of the course Obtain the Administrator certificate PAT or PAE (if the exam was passed) To get more information about the curses, please visit our website: www. c/ Covarrubias, 22 (+34) 91 559 72 22 info@artica.es www.artica.es Copyright 2010 Artica Soluciones Tecnológicas S.L (Artica ST) Pandora FMS and the Pandora FMS logo are registered trademark of Artica ST. Other trademarks and graphics are the property of their respective owners. Artica makes no warranties, express or implied, in this summary.