netxms agend and connection direction ?

[hkusulja]

Hi,
as I understand, netxms server, connects to the netxms agent on both TCP and UDP 4700 (default.)

However, is there a way, that agent connects to the server (instead oposite) and delivers the desired data?

I have few situations, where my monitored nodes are behind NAT and I can not do port forwarding. Only option is that agent delivers periodicaly (pools) data to the server, and if for some times agent does not report data to the server, we can mark node as down.

Is this feature supported and if so, how to configure it ?

[Jmp_3f8h]

@hkusulja said in netxms agend and connection direction ?:

Hi,
as I understand, netxms server, connects to the netxms agent on both TCP and UDP 4700 (default.)

However, is there a way, that agent connects to the server (instead oposite) and delivers the desired data?

I have few situations, where my monitored nodes are behind NAT and I can not do port forwarding. Only option is that agent delivers periodicaly (pools) data to the server, and if for some times agent does not report data to the server, we can mark node as down.

Is this feature supported and if so, how to configure it ?

As far as I know the only option to send data to the server is using the command line tools "nxpush" and "nxapush". The problem is that they works only with the "Push" origin, this means that you cannot use the agent collected parameters directly.
If you have the possibility to NAT just one of the nodes you can then use it as proxy to allow the server to connect to the agents installed on the other nodes.

Best regards,
Marco

[hkusulja]

@jmp_3f8h said in netxms agend and connection direction ?:

@hkusulja said in netxms agend and connection direction ?:

Hi,
as I understand, netxms server, connects to the netxms agent on both TCP and UDP 4700 (default.)

However, is there a way, that agent connects to the server (instead oposite) and delivers the desired data?

I have few situations, where my monitored nodes are behind NAT and I can not do port forwarding. Only option is that agent delivers periodicaly (pools) data to the server, and if for some times agent does not report data to the server, we can mark node as down.

Is this feature supported and if so, how to configure it ?

As far as I know the only option to send data to the server is using the command line tools "nxpush" and "nxapush". The problem is that they works only with the "Push" origin, this means that you cannot use the agent collected parameters directly.
If you have the possibility to NAT just one of the nodes you can then use it as proxy to allow the server to connect to the agents installed on the other nodes.

Best regards,
Marco

Hi,
Thank you for reply, I am aware of Agent proxy feature which is nice, however in some particular cases I do not have any option to forward / open any of ports, so this is reason why I am using this.
Is there a way to automate push that you mentioned ?

Or I should write this as new feature request ?

Thank you once more

[Jmp_3f8h]

@hkusulja said in netxms agend and connection direction ?:

Hi,
Thank you for reply, I am aware of Agent proxy feature which is nice, however in some particular cases I do not have any option to forward / open any of ports, so this is reason why I am using this.
Is there a way to automate push that you mentioned ?

Or I should write this as new feature request ?

Thank you once more

Hi,

I've automated it just writing a batch file that I run as a scheduled task. I'm not aware of a smarter way to do it but, honestly, it works fine in my case and I didn't spend any other time to find a smarter way

Best regards,
Marco