Host Template: Cloud - GCP - Compute
Overview Copied
Monitor your GCP Compute Engine instances with a variety of checks including Availability, CPU, Disk, Memory, Network and Firewall statistics.
This Host Template includes the following Service Checks:
Service Check Name | Description | Default Thresholds (Metric: Warning, Critical) | UOM |
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GCP - Compute - CPU Usage | CPU usage of the Compute instance. | cpu_usage: 70 ,90 |
% |
GCP - Compute - CPU Reserved Cores | Number of CPU Reserved Cores. | N/A | N/A |
GCP - Compute - CPU Usage Time | CPU Usage Time. | N/A | s |
GCP - Compute - Disk Bytes | Bytes read and written from disk. | N/A | B |
GCP - Compute - Throttled Disk Bytes | Percentage of throttled bytes read and written from disk. | N/A | % |
GCP - Compute - Disk Operations | Read and write disk operations. | N/A | N/A |
GCP - Compute - Throttled Disk Operations | Percentage of throttled read and write disk operations. | N/A | % |
GCP - Compute - Instance Availability | Instance uptime percentage over the period checked. | availability: 100: ,80: |
% |
GCP - Compute - Network Bytes | Received and sent network bytes for the instance. | N/A | B |
GCP - Compute - Network Packets | Received and sent network packets for the instance. | N/A | N/A |
GCP - Compute - Firewall Dropped Bytes | Bytes dropped by the firewall for the instance. | N/A | B |
GCP - Compute - Firewall Dropped Packets | Packets dropped by the firewall for the instance. | N/A | N/A |
Note
See details about Nagios thresholds here.
Usage Instructions Copied
Please review the overall Cloud - GCP Opspack documentation for details on prerequisites, known issues, and other necessary configurations that apply to all Host Templates in the Opspack.
Add this Host Template Copied
Add the Cloud - GCP - Compute Host Template to your Opsview Monitor host. If the resource you’re monitoring has no hostname or public IP, then open the Advanced settings pane and change Host Check Command to Always assumed to be UP.
Note
For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Host Templates to Hosts.
Add and configure Variables Copied
The Service Checks in this Host Template use the following variables, and they will be added to your Opsview Monitor instance alongside the Host Template:
Note
For more information, refer to the documentation on Adding Variables to Hosts.
Apply Changes Copied
Apply Changes and the system will now be monitored:
Available Variables Copied
GCP_PROJECT_ID Copied
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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--project-id |
Arg1 | Monitored Project ID | ID of the project to monitor |
GCP_INSTANCE_DETAILS Copied
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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--instance-name |
Arg1 | Instance Name | Name of the GCP Compute Engine Instance |
--instance-zone |
Arg2 | Instance Zone | Zone where the GCP Compute Engine Instance is located |
GCP_CREDENTIALS_FILE Copied
This argument is optional, to be used if you have a credentials file in a custom location. We recommend not setting it, and relying on the default location as follows: Create yourOpsview Cloud
For Opsview Cloud customers, please contact ITRS Support for assistance with these steps, as they require Orchestrator access.
credentials.json
file and run as opsview user /opt/opsview/orchestrator/bin/orchestratorimportscripts etc-plugins cloud-gcp /path/to/credentials.json
followed by an Apply Changes to set it up with the correct permissions in the default location (/opt/opsview/monitoringscripts/etc/plugins/cloud-gcp/credentials.json
) on all Opsview collectors.
Note
For more information on the credentials file, refer to Create access credentials
Plugin Parameter | Position in Variable | Name | Description |
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--credentials-file |
Arg1 | Credentials File | Path of the JSON file with GCP Service Account Credentials |
Plugin help Copied
Plugin: check_gcp
Plugin Security
This plugin does not display arguments in the process list.
For mode-specific help, run the plugin with the -h -m <mode>
flags. This will list the required and optional Variable Arguments for that mode.
The appropriate mode for each Service Check is listed here:
Service Check Name | Mode |
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GCP - Compute - CPU Usage | GCP.Compute.CPU.Usage |
GCP - Compute - CPU Reserved Cores | GCP.Compute.CPU.Cores |
GCP - Compute - CPU Usage Time | GCP.Compute.CPU.Time |
GCP - Compute - Disk Bytes | GCP.Compute.Disk.Bytes |
GCP - Compute - Throttled Disk Bytes | GCP.Compute.Disk.TBytes |
GCP - Compute - Disk Operations | GCP.Compute.Disk.Ops |
GCP - Compute - Throttled Disk Operations | GCP.Compute.Disk.TOps |
GCP - Compute - Instance Availability | GCP.Compute.Availability |
GCP - Compute - Network Bytes | GCP.Compute.Net.Bytes |
GCP - Compute - Network Packets | GCP.Compute.Net.Packets |
GCP - Compute - Firewall Dropped Bytes | GCP.Compute.FW.Bytes |
GCP - Compute - Firewall Dropped Packets | GCP.Compute.FW.Packets |