Best Practices¶
This page references the best practices regarding Centreon Broker configuration.
General¶
Set parameters in the General tab as follow.
log_timestamp = yes
log_thread_id = no
event_queue_max_size = 100000
Correlation¶
Not configured at all.
Input¶
The pollers should not have any input configured. Each central (either central-broker-master or central-rrd-master) daemon should have one input configured as follow.
type = tcp
name = central-broker-master / central-rrd-master
port = 5669 (central-broker-master) / 5670 (central-rrd-master)
host = empty
failover = empty
retry_interval = 60
buffering_timeout = 0
protocol = BBDO
tls = auto
negotiation = yes
one_peer_retention_mode = no
filter category = empty (central-broker-master) / storage (central-rrd-master)
compression = auto
Logger¶
At least one logger should be configured for each Centreon Broker configuration file.
type = file
name = /var/log/centreon-broker/central-broker-master.log (or /var/log/centreon-broker/central-rrd-master.log or something alike)
config = yes
debug = no
error = yes
info = yes
level = low (Base)
max_size = 50000000000
External log file rotation should be provided. A logrotate configuration file is provided along Centreon Broker.
Output¶
Poller¶
Pollers should output to the Centreon central.
type = tcp
name = central
port = 5669
host = FQDN or IP address of the central
failover = empty
retry_interval = 60
buffering_timeout = 0
protocol = BBDO
tls = auto
negotiation = yes
one_peer_retention_mode = no
filter category = empty
compression = auto
Central Broker¶
The Central Broker is responsible for writing both real-time monitoring and performance data to the database.
type = sql
name = central-broker-sql-master
db_type = mysql
failover = empty
retry_interval = 60
buffering_timeout = 0
db_host = localhost
db_port = 3306
db_user = centreon
db_password = centreon
db_name = centreon_storage
queries_per_transaction = 20000
check_replication = no
read_timeout = 10
filter category = correlation,neb
This is the performance data output.
type = storage
name = central-broker-perfdata-master
db_type = mysql
failover = empty
retry_interval = 60
buffering_timeout = 0
db_host = localhost
db_port = 3306
db_user = centreon
db_password = centreon
db_name = centreon_storage
queries_per_transaction = 20000
read_timeout = 10
check_replication = no
rebuild_check_interval = 300
store_in_data_bin = yes
insert_in_index_data = no
filter category = neb
This is the output to central-rrd.
type = tcp
name = central-broker-rrd-master
port = 5670
host = localhost
failover = empty
retry_interval = 60
buffering_timeout = 0
protocol = BBDO
tls = auto
negotiation = yes
one_peer_retention_mode = no
filter category = storage
compression = auto
Central RRD¶
The Central RRD is responsible for writing RRD files on disk.
type = rrd
name = central-rrd-master
failover = empty
retry_interval = 60
buffering_timeout = 0
port = empty
path = empty
write_metrics = yes
write_status = yes
filter category = empty
Stats¶
Statistics should be enabled.
type = stats
name = poller-stats / central-broker-stats-master / central-rrd-stats-master
fifo = /var/lib/centreon-broker/poller-stats.pipe (or /var/lib/centreon-broker-stats-master.pipe or something alike)