Features and User Material

This article explains how Skylight is intregrated in Google Cloud Platform​ ( GCP ). Cloud Challenges More Complexity. More Users. Less Visibility. No access to the network layer There is no network layer access! How can I capture the ...

In this article we'll be delving into how Skylight is intregrated in Microsoft Azure . The Cloud Challenges More Complexity. More Users. Less visibility. No access to the network layer There is no network layer access! How can I captu...

This article provides step by step instructions on how to deploy a sensor on AWS , and connect the sensor to analytics . Create VPC To create a VPC: Navigate to VPC ⇒ Your VPCs ⇒ Create VPC Choose VPC only . Provide a ...

The probes come with a Command Line Interface named Pulsar . This allows the user to check the probe state and configure it when needed. Connect to the Probe If this is your first encounter with the probe, you will have to, for the first time o...

Overview A specific reporting for Voice over IP traffic is provided. The aim of this article is to show the volume and quality of service associated with VoIP flows. Basics of VoIP Voice over IP relies on three protocols to operate over IP...

Overview The main objective of an application definition is to easily categorize network usage. Through this concept, which is a key notion of Skylight sensor: capture, the administrator can group similar network usages into categories that will m...

Listed below are the default applications definitions that are pre-defined for Skylight Sensor Capture. Custom applications can be created by administrators - refer to Applications Definition Management for more information. Skylight Analytic...

Manage capture sensors by using the Sensors ▶ Capture ▶ Sensors page. Capture sensors are remote probes that listen and analyze network traffic to produce statistics that the datastore fetches and inserts into the central database. Main Vi...

Custom properties (key-value properties) can help with capture sensor organization by providing descriptive information. You can add a custom property or assign existing custom properties to capture sensors, and then filter capture sensors by speci...

Overview Manage zones by using the Inventory ► Zones page. A zone is an arbitrary container in which groups of peers can be kept and organized according to their network address. Each peer being attributed a zone, a conversation between tw...

Use Capture Orchestration profiles ( Sensors ► Capture ► Profiles ) to configure and manage settings that can be shared across multiple sensors. While you can apply a profile to multiple sensors, some settings, such as hostname, cannot be shared a...

Manage PCAP schedules by using the Sensors ► Capture ► PCAP schedules page. In this article, we will discuss the PCAP scheduling section of Capture Orchestration. PCAP scheduling is for scheduling packet capture events; you can create a PCAP s...

Download and install the GnuPG command line tools for your operating system. It is commonly advisable to install the latest version for your operating system. Checking for existing GnuPG keys Prior to generating a GnuPG key, check to see if y...

The Skylight sensor Virtual Appliance is designed to run in VMware ESX/ESXiv4 (and later) environments. In production environments, it is designed to run with a minimum RAM of 8192MB, although a larger quantity is recommended to ensure satisfactor...