Probe Installation

Cloudmon Probes are installed at network locations where agentless monitoring of local devices is required. Probe installation is performed directly from the Probes page in Settings.

Overview

A Cloudmon Probe collects availability, performance, and visibility data from agentless devices and pushes it to the Controller periodically. Probes are installed on Linux servers (for full monitoring support) or Windows servers (for WMI monitoring only). In environments with multiple sites or customer environments (MSP), a separate probe is required for each network segment or customer.

Before installing a probe, confirm the target server meets the system requirements for your deployment size. Refer to System Requirements for specifications.

Installing a Probe

1. Navigate to Settings → Monitoring → Probes and click the Add button.
2. An installer picker appears with tabs for Linux and Windows. Cloudmon pre-selects the tab that matches the device you're currently using, but you can choose the other platform if you're installing on a different target.
3. Click the download button to get the signed Cloudmon Probe installer for the selected platform.
4. Run the installer as Administrator (Windows) or with elevated privileges (Linux). When prompted, enter the Controller URL and API Key shown in the dialog. Both can be copied directly using the Copy button next to each field, so they do not need to be typed manually.
5. Alternatively, install silently from the command line using the same Controller URL and API Key, by running the installer with the appropriate silent-install flags from an elevated command prompt or shell in the directory where the installer was downloaded.

Once installation is complete, the probe appears in the Cloudmon Controller under Settings → Monitoring → Probes and is ready to be assigned to monitored devices.

Platform Notes

A Linux probe supports ICMP, TCP, SNMP, and NetFlow/IPFIX monitoring. A Windows probe supports WMI monitoring only and cannot be used for SNMP or NetFlow collection. Deploy a Linux probe for environments where SNMP network device monitoring or NetFlow analysis is required, and supplement with a Windows probe only when WMI is the primary monitoring method and a Linux server is not available.