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How to register a Skylight sensor: capture with analytics
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Pre-requisites
You need to have the following information:
- Sensor: capture running version 23.08 or newer
- URL of the host on which you want to register the sensor
- A username and a password.
- The sensor should be allowed to reach the IP address of the host and nats service on TCP port 443 - Ask our CSMs for this information if you are not sure.
Procedure
- To register a sensor in Skylight Analytics, type the command "register skylight". You'll need to enter the host, username and password :
PVX# register skylight
Tenant Host: tenant.example.domain.accedian.io
Username: user@example.com
Password:
1/6 Tenant ID retrieved: 7bce824f-b5eb-4aab-854c-7f3f1e534316
2/6 Initial analytics authentication performed
3/6 Connector config created on gather
4/6 Created a short-lived JWT for initial RoadRunner authentication Applying analytics deployment...
5/6 Analytics deployment applied. This can be reverted later using the 'deploy' command Connecting to RoadRunner
6/6 Initialized analytics poller
Successfully registered
- To check that the sensor is registered correctly, log into Skylight Analytics as an administrator.
Go to the Settings section, and on the "Capture" tab, click on "Sensors".
Skylight Analytics: Settings > Capture > Sensor
- Once the sensor shows "Online", a new Connector will also be listed automatically on the Settings > Session > menu:
Next steps
Now that you know how to register your capture sensor, check out our other features around managing your sensors:
- Capture Sensor Management (full details)
- Capture Sensor Profiles - create templates for your sensor configurations for faster setup in large/diverse deployments
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