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Installing the Nodinite Boomi Monitoring agent

This guide teaches how to install the Nodinite Boomi Monitoring agent.

Before you begin

Make sure you comply with the prerequisites.

NOTE: You must be a local administrator to have the right to install Web Applications and manage IIS

Step 1: Download

Make sure to download the latest binaries (zip package) from the Nodinite portal.

Step 2: Create IIS App Pool

Next, create a new IIS App Pool.

  1. Open the IIS Manamagement Console (inetmgr)
  2. Create a new IIS App Pool, name it, for example Nodinite - Boomi Monitoring
    Add app pool
    1. No Managed Code
    2. Integrated
    3. Check the Start the application pool immediately
      Create app pool

Step 3: Unzip package

In this step, you will unpack and unblock the files.

  1. Unzip the package to folder: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Nodinite\BoomiMonitoring\
  2. Unblock the files
Get-ChildItem -Path 'c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Nodinite\BoomiMonitoring' -Recurse | Unblock-File

Step 4: Create Web Application

In this step, you will create a new Web Application

  1. Expand the Default web site (or create a new site of you like to)
    Create Application

  2. Create a new Web Application and name it "Nodinite Boomi Monitoring"
    Create Application

    • Set the folder: c:\inetpub\wwwroot\Nodinite\BoomiMonitoring\
    • Select App pool: Nodinite - Boomi Monitoring
      Select app pool
  3. Edit Permissions on the Application
    Edit Permissions

    • IIS AppPool\Nodinite - Boomi Monitoring
    • Check name to validate account
    • Full control

Step 5: Test

In this step, you will verify that the agent is operational.

Click the Web Application and select Browse. This should then open the default browser with a new tab, and a page with the Swagger content like below.

Swagger

If you would like to test the APIs, you must first Authorize requests with an x-api-key.

authorize
Click the Authorize button to enter the x-api-key

xapikey
Enter the x-api-key, reuse from any other installed and configured Nodinite monitoring agent

Step 6: Add Agent as a new Monitoring Agent Configuration

Instructions on how to add the Nodinite Boomi Monitoring agent as a Monitoring Agents is detailed in a shared article, click on the link below to learn more:


Next step

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