How secure is On-Premise Poller

On-Premise Poller: Introduction

On-Premise Poller, a lightweight agent, helps to monitor your internal network and resources behind a firewall or virtual private network (VPN). You can install On-Premise Poller in various branch offices within a distributed organization, and monitor the user experience from each of these branch offices. Click here to know more.

On-Premise Poller architecture

What data does the On-Premise Poller collect from the machine

Site24x7 On-Premise Poller collects the following data from the machine in which it is installed:

1. IP address
   
2. Hostname
   
3. Operating System
   
4. CPU and RAM used in the machine
   
5. Memory used by the On-Premise Poller
   

What data does the On-Premise Poller collect from the monitored entities

The On-Premise Poller collects different monitoring metrics from the devices or infrastructure that are monitored.  

Network metrics

Virtualization metrics: vCenter | VMware ESX/ESXi | VMware VM | VMware datastores | VMware resource pools

VMware VDI: Horizon 

Nutanix metrics: Nutanix Cluster | Nutanix Host | Nutanix VM

VoIP metrics

Agentless server monitoring metrics

Internet services metrics: Websites | Web transaction monitors (applications) | Web transactions (browser) | Web page speed | DNS servers | POP servers | SSL/TLS certificates | Ping monitors | FTP transfer monitors | FTP servers | Ports (custom protocol) | SMTP servers | REST API | SOAP web services

Communication with Site24x7 servers

The On-Premise Poller communicates with Site24x7 servers but the servers have no access to the machine in which the On-Premise Poller is installed.

Ports and domains

If the On-Premise Poller is installed in a secure network, make sure you allow access to a list of domains and ports in your firewall to facilitate communication between your server and the Site24x7 central server.

To add more:

1. dms.zoho.com - The On-Premise Poller receives messages and commands related to both the On-Premise Poller and the monitor (activate,suspend, etc) from this domain.
   
2. pluspoller.site24x7.com - The On-Premise Poller sends reports to this domain.
   

Accessibility

Ensure that Site24x7 servers are accessible from the On-Premise Poller.

SSL encryption

Site24x7 On-Premise Poller uses SSL encryption to transfer data. The On-Premise Poller communicates with the Site24x7 server through port 443 and uses a one-way secured communication. The On-Premise Poller is firewall-friendly and it is not required to open inbound ports in your firewall.

You can also check out our blog On-Premise Poller: A handy tool.

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