CMT setup and quickstart

from a binary download

recommeded !

$ curl http://www.cavaliba.com/download/cmt/cmt-XXXXX.bin
$ sudo cp cmt-XXXXX.bin /usr/local/bin/cmt
$ sudo chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/cmt

from a github / zip download

• check prerequisite : python3.6+,
• unzip to /opt/cmt/

• install requirements (pyaml, psutils, requests)

  python3 /opt/cmt/cmt.py

Minimal configuration

$ sudo mkdir /opt/cmt
$ sudo vi /opt/cmt/conf.yml

    ---

    # minimal CMT  configuration
    # for CLI usage

    global:
      cmt_group: minidev
      cmt_node: minihost
      enable: yes

    load:
      my_load:
        enable: yes

cli usage

    $ cmt --version
    $ cmt -s
    $ cmt --report
    $ cmt --help

crontab

    # crontab -e
    * * * * * /usr/local/bin/cmt --cron >> /dev/null 2>&1

with forced proxy

    * * * * * export http_proxy=http://proxy:8080 ; /usr/local/bin/cmt --cron >> /dev/null 2>&1

Next

• use CLI mode to test and configure
• use --available option to identify items to monitor
• watch for event in your elastic/graylog/kibana server
• deploy a larger configuration with various modules
• wakeup when the pager rings !