Glossary
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A
acknowledge
Notifications and escalations are alerts sent to contacts when GroundWork Monitor detects a failure or over threshold limit condition. Once a problem has been acknowledged or a host or service is in scheduled downtime, alerts will not be sent to the configured contacts.
agent based monitoring
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alerts
See acknowledge.
audit log
Tracks system configuration and run time changes in an audit trail. » Audit Log
auto discovery
A tool in GroundWork Monitor allowing administrators to automatically coordinate network resources with the configuration database, thereby relieving administrators from having to manage all of their host and service definitions manually. » Auto Discovery
B
bsm
Business Service Monitoring (BSM) is included in the core version of GroundWork Monitor, and provides a way to group objects and assign status to a group based on the state of its members. » Business Service Monitoring
C
certificates
SSL certificates are what enable websites to move from HTTP to HTTPS, which is more secure. » Certificates
check interval
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cloud hub
In order to create advanced functionality for simultaneous monitoring of multiple and heterogeneous virtual server environments subject to fairly rapid changes in configuration, GroundWork created Cloud Hub. » Cloud Monitoring
command
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connections
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connectors
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contact
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contact group
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contact template
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custom groups
Custom Groups are collections of host group or service group objects at the user interface level and provide a more streamlined navigation and logical organization of monitors. » How to create Custom Groups
D
dashboards
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distributed monitoring
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docker
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docker-compose
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downtime
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E
escalation
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event
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externals
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F
firewall
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G
gdma
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H
host
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host check
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host group
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K
kibana
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L
license
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linux
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logs
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logstash
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M
macros
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migrate
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N
nagios
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noma
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notifications
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O
open source
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P
plugins
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profile
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R
role
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remote network
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S
selinux
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service
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service check
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service group
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snmp
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snmp traps
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states
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status summary
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T
tcg
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template
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threshold
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tls
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U
user
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V
virtual machine
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vmware
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