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NMIS adds the server where it is hosted as “localhost” and the model used is “Net-snmp”, the model and the related files are usually stored in: /usr/local/nmis8/models/
Access You need to access the VM via SSH to edit the configuration files, the default credentials for the VM are:
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3. Creating a new threshol
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As mentioned before, we will be creating a threshold for the Linux “System Load Averages”, we want to generate events when current values exceed the thresholdsthreshold.
First, we need to open the Model, in this case /usr/local/nmis8/model/Model-net-snmp.nmis and identify the item that we need to modify.
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- In blue, the name of the 'item' holding the variable, mentioned just a step beforesee 'item' in blue box in the Common-stats.nmis pictre above.
- In magenta, the name of the data source specified in the model inside the rrd section, in this case is “laLoad5"
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Now, we have set up properly out thresholds our threshold for "Linux System Load"