Plugin Templates

Plugin Templates

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Plugin Templates

View and manage plugins discovered on Cloudmon probes and agents. Plugins extend monitoring beyond built-in templates to cover custom applications, services, or hardware specific to your environment.

Overview

Cloudmon supports custom plugin-based monitoring for both probes and agents. Plugins are script-based and allow data collection from custom applications, services, or hardware not covered by Cloudmon's standard monitoring templates. Plugin files are placed in a designated directory on the probe or agent host, and Cloudmon automatically detects and lists them.

Plugin scripts are developed for specific use cases. If your organisation has a monitoring requirement not covered by built-in Cloudmon templates, contact Cloudmon support for assistance in developing and deploying the appropriate plugin.

Plugin File Placement

Once a plugin script has been provided, the plugin files must be placed in the correct directory on the relevant host. The plugin folder name and the script file name inside it must match exactly. Once placed correctly, Cloudmon will automatically detect the plugin.

Host TypePlugin Directory
Linux Probe / Collector/usr/local/cloudmon/collector/plugins/<plugin-folder>/
Windows Probe / Collector / AgentC:\Program Files (x86)\cloudmon-collector\plugins\<plugin-folder>\
Linux Agent/usr/local/cloudmon/agent/plugins/<plugin-folder>/

Viewing Plugins on Probes

Once plugin files are correctly placed, the plugin will be automatically listed under the relevant device in Servers → Plugins. To view plugin status or manually trigger re-registration, navigate to Settings → Monitoring → Probes, locate the relevant probe, click the Edit icon, and open the Plugins tab. The Plugins tab displays the following information:

ColumnDescription
NameName of the plugin as detected by the probe.
Discovery StatusWhether the plugin was successfully discovered by the probe.
Discovery MessageAny message or error returned during the discovery process.
VersionVersion of the plugin script.
TemplateMonitoring template associated with this plugin.
LicenseLicense status for this plugin.
Last SeenTimestamp of the last time the plugin was detected.
Last DiscoveredTimestamp of the most recent discovery scan.

If the plugin does not appear automatically, click the Re-register button in the top right corner of the Plugins tab to trigger a fresh discovery scan.

Viewing Plugins on Agents

For agent-monitored devices, plugins installed on the agent host are visible from the device detail page. Navigate to Agents, select the relevant device category, click the specific device, and open the Plugins tab. All plugins detected on that agent are listed with their discovery status, version, template, and last seen timestamp. If a newly added plugin does not appear, verify the plugin folder and file naming are correct and that the agent service has been restarted after placing the plugin files.

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