How to manually download and enable the Network Module in an On-Premise Poller
Please follow the steps given below to manually download and enable the Network Module for the On-Premise Poller:
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Stop the On-Premise Poller service.
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Ensure that there are no existing processes in the On-Premise Poller
.
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Check if there is a folder named
NetworkPlus
in the directory where the On-Premise Poller is installed. If yes, delete it.
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Download the
Network Module
from the URL below:
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Validate the authenticity
of the file by downloading the checksum file provided here:
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Unzip the downloaded zip file to the On-Premise Poller directory (default location shown below):
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Windows: C:\Program Files (x86)\Site24x7OnPremisePoller
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Linux: /opt/Site24x7OnPremisePoller
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Once extracted, you should see this folder structure:
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C:\Program Files (x86)\Site24x7OnPremisePoller\NetworkPlus
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/opt/Site24x7OnPremisePoller/NetworkPlus
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Start the
On-Premise Poller
with root/administrator privileges.
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Log in to Site24x7 and navigate to
Admin
>
On-Premise Poller.
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Click on the
Network
icon
to enable the Network Module.
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Once the Network Module is enabled, you can
add a network or network device
.
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If the Network Module is down, contact
support@site24x7.com
with the following details:
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Name of the On-Premise Poller
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Logs from the following directories:
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Site24x7OnPremisePoller\logs
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Site24x7OnPremisePoller\NetworkPlus\logs
Steps to validate the checksum
If you're using Windows 7 or above, use the
Certutil
or the
Get- FileHash
utilities to verify the authenticity of the downloaded file by executing either of the commands given below:
CertUtil -hashfile <Your_Agent_File_Name> SHA256
Get-FileHash <Your_Agent_File_Name> -Algorithm SHA256 | Format-List
If you're using Linux, execute the below code on the console to view the checksum value:
sha256sum <Your_Agent_File_Name>
On successful execution, you will see that the displayed checksum value exactly matches the checksum file downloaded in
step 5
.
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