Installing on a Centreon Remote Server¶

Installing Centreon BAM on the Centreon Remote Server¶

The procedure for installing the Centreon BAM module on a Centreon Remote Server is the same as on a Central server, however configuration and uninstallation are different.

If your Centreon Remote Server has not yet been installed, please refer to the following documentation.
Refer to the Centreon BAM installation documentation.
Follow the extra steps described below.

Configuring Centreon Broker¶

Configuring the Centreon BAM module on a Centreon Remote Server requires configuring the Centreon Broker from the Centreon Central Server. This allows the Centreon Remote Server to manage calculations on Centreon BAM. The configuration will be automatically sent to the Centreon Remote Server when you export your business activities to the Centreon Remote Server from the central server.

To do so, you need to modify the Centreon Broker Master configuration of the Centeon Remote poller. Go to the Configuration > Pollers > Broker configuration menu and edit the remote poller configuration.

In the Output tab, select BAM - Monitoring engine (BAM) and click on Add:

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Please consult the following table for the appropriate field values:

Fields	Values
Name	remote-server-bam-monitoring
Filter category
Storage DB Name	centreon_storage
Cache	No
Replication enabled	No
Command file path	/var/lib/centreon-engine/rw/centengine.cmd
DB host	localhost
DB name	centreon
DB password	Retrieve it from /etc/centreon/conf.pm on the Centreon Remote Server
DB port	3306
DB type	MySQL
DB user	centreon
Maximum queries per transaction	0
Transaction commit timeout
Retry interval

Select the BAM - BI engine (BAM) configuration type and click on Add:

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Please consult the following table for the appropriate field values:

Fields	Values
Name	remote-server-bam-reporting
Filter category	BAM
Replication enabled	No
DB host	localhost
DB name	centreon_storage
DB password	Retrieve it from /etc/centreon/conf.pm on the Centreon Remote Server
DB port	3306
DB type	MySQL
DB user	centreon
Maximum queries per transaction	0
Transaction commit timeout
Retry interval

To complete the installation process, generate and export the Centreon Remote Server configuration by selecting Restart.

Uninstalling the Centreon BAM module¶

To uninstall the Centreon BAM module from a remote server you would follow the same procedure as on the Centreon central server.

You should also remove the above Output and in order to fully delete the Centreon BAM calculation system from the Centreon Remote Server. Perform this task from the Configuration > Pollers > Broker configuration menu on the de Centreon Broker and also in the configuration of the Centreon Remote Server where the Centreon BAM has been uninstalled.