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Managing Sensor Agents through the UI
Overview
The Sensors UI is a management tool for configuring both Sensor Agents (formerly Skylight sensor: agents) and their sessions.
View the Agents list by going to Sensors ► Agent.
From here, you can observe your inventory and the status of sensor agents. You can also:
- Search and filter the list using the top bar above the table
- Sort the list by selecting a header
- Refresh the list by selecting the re-fetch icon in the top-right corner
For information on Agent containers, see Assurance Sensor Agents.
Terminology
Name | Description |
---|---|
Sensor Agent | Containerized microservice test agent capable of performing active testing. |
Session | Also known as monitored object. Building block and lowest level of the data model. Sensors and third parties report session data at this raw level. |
Prerequisites
To view, create, edit, and delete Agent and session configurations, you must have the Admin or User permission level.
View Agents
To view Agents:
- Click Sensors on the left sidebar.
- Click the Agent tab.
The list of Agents appear. - Select an Agent.
The right sidebar appears, displaying the Agent details and allowing you to view and edit its configuration.
The Summary sidebar view displays a list of attached sessions.
The context menu allows you to generate a secret for authentication and delete the Agent.
View sessions
To view sessions:
- Select an Agent from the list.
This opens the Summary view in the sidebar with the list of sessions.
Hover on a session in the list for actions that can be performed, such as:
- Edit configuration
- Delete Session
- View Monitored Object details
- Run a Start or Stop command against the Session
Configuring Agents
To create a new configuration:
- Click + on the top right.
This opens the sidebar in the creation state.
- Enter the details.
- Data collector server: a Sensor Collector’s gateway address that the Sensor Agent will use for streaming measurement metrics results.
- Expand, enable, and fill out the reflector information for the Agent if required.
- Click ✓ to save the changes.
Once submitted, the Agents list will update with the newly-created configuration.
To edit an existing configuration:
- Select the Agent in the table list.
- Select the Configuration tab.
- Make the necessary changes.
- Click ✓ to save the changes.
Configure Sessions
To create a new session:
Click + from the Agent's Summary tab.
In the New session modal, select the Session type:
- TWAMP-SL (stateless)
- TWAMP-SF (stateful)
- Throughput
- Echo ICMP
- Echo UDP
- Transfer
- Path trace
Click Session configuration.
Configure the parameters.
Note: The parameters vary depending on the selected session type.Click ✓ to save the changes.
To edit a session:
- Hover to select the session from the list in the Agent's sidebar.
- Click the icon.
- Make the required changes.
- Click ✓ to save the changes.
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