How to monitoring node outside domain or network?

[jackz]

Hi all  8),

is it possible to monitoring node or network not in same domain or same network?

for example :
First
I have laptop already installed netXMS agent and connected to netXMS server in the same network, then I bring the laptop to other place and connect my laptop to internet using LAN cable. Is it possible to monitoring the laptop from the server?

Second
is it possible to create manual topology?
I have installed netXMS server in domain network A and I want to monitoring some nodes in domain network B
but domain network A and domain network B not connected with router or VPN. is there any port should be opened? or port need to be set in agent netXMS?

please some advices, thanks..

Regards,
Jackz

[xatteg]

Hi,

For the first question: you'll have to provide IP connectivity to you laptop from netxms server and open tcp port 4700. And you will need to change IP address setting int netxms console each time you get new IP on your laptop. If you connect your laptop to internet in another location you have to think about NAT/port forwarding or VPN solution.
As I see it does not worth effort to monitor node that constantly keeps changing IP address. 

For second question: You must provide IP connectivity from netxms server to domain network B and allow TCP port 4700 in direction of these hosts, just in case you have stateful firewall.

[lindeamon]

hi,

if your laptop have a network connectivity to the netxms server you can use dynamic dns and configure the node name/ip in the server according to it

[jackz]

Hi xatteg and lindeamon 8),

I'm sorry before what do you mean about IP connectivity. is it like vpn and cisco router?
I have opened the port 4700 on the server. But I thought that if I bring the laptop to other place and connect it to the internet, the agent will search the IP server and still can notify to the server

is it possible to put two IP in agent configuration (nxagentd.conf.d)? to put the public IP and the private IP of netXMS server

I do this because there are some user always mobile from one city to others city, just want to make sure the laptop still exist with the right person

[lindeamon]

you can define the same server with 2 different ip.
you have to open the tcp port and configure the nat to redirect it to the netxms server.
here is the thing...
since the laptop is roaming from one network to another and as i mentioned before you have to redirect nat requests which i believe will be impossible since the networks the laptop will connect to are not for you to manage i think that the communication to server will be initiated by the agent and i think that pulling info without this will not work

[jackz]

Hi Lindeamon,

I will try it first