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Quick Details

Typically Runs From: Managed Cloud Agent
Is Auto-Discovered By: N/A
Can Auto-Discover: N/A
Parent/Child Type Inspector: No
Data Summary: Here

Overview

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Inspector Setup Preparation

Getting your API Key

• Login to Watchman Monitoring
• On the left-hand navigation pane, expand Settings and click on API

• In the API Keys panel, click on the Generate a Key button

• Enter a name of the API key such as Liongard and set the scope to Full Access

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Scope/Permissions

Please note the inspector only does GET requests to the API but we are restricted to what Watchman Monitoring provides for scoping of API keys.

• Click Save
• Copy the API key that appears in the API keys panel.

Liongard Inspector Setup

In Liongard, navigate to Admin > Inspectors > Navigate to the Watchmam Monitoring Inspector > Select Add System.

Fill in the following information:

• Environment: Select the Environment this System Inspector should be associated to
• Friendly Name: Suggested "[Environment Name] Watchman Monitoring"
• Agent: Cloud-Linux
• Cloudwatch Monitoring URL: The URL of your Watchman Monitoring instance. Include the ‘http’ protocol.
• API Key: The API Key copied above
• Scheduling: The Inspector will default to run once a day at the time the Inspector is set up. Here you can adjust the schedule
• Inspector Version: Latest

Select Save. The Inspector will now be triggered to run within the minute.

Optional: Turn on Flexible Asset/Configuration Auto-Updating

If you would like this Inspector's data to be sent to ConnectWise and/or IT Glue, turn on Flexible Assets/Configurations for this Inspector:

• ConnectWise: Admin > Integrations > ConnectWise > Connfiguration Types > Confirm the "Configuration Auto-Updating" toggle is enabled
• IT Glue: Admin > Integrations > IT Glue > Flexible Assets > Confirm the "Flexible Asset Auto-Updating" toggle is enabled

Watchman Monitoring Quick Tips/FAQs

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Last Update: 2020-09-11