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Path 2 · For the infrastructure lead

Connect your infrastructure

From the first network flow to the first successful collection. Collection stays read-only: nothing is installed on your hypervisors, and only an outbound flow leaves your network.

45-60 min 7 lessons
An engineer holding a laptop in a server room corridor.
  1. 1

    Prepare the ground

    Linux machine, flows, proxy and read-only accounts. One page to pass on to your network team.

    10 min
  2. 2

    Create the collector and its token

    Only once the flows are open: the token works once and expires after one hour.

    5 min Verified: collector created
  3. 3

    Install the collector

    One command on the chosen machine, and the collector shows as online.

    10 min Verified: collector online
  4. 4

    Connect your platform

    Address, read-only account and certificate, for VMware vSphere, Proxmox VE, Xen Orchestra, Nutanix, Hyper-V and more.

    15 min Verified: first source
  5. 5

    Read the first collection

    Understand the state of the source, and fix a failure by its nature.

    10 min Verified: successful collection
  6. 6

    Without a collector: import a file

    Optional

    An RVTools or LiveOptics export, for a first look with nothing to install.

    5 min Verified: first import
  7. 7

    Add backups and arrays

    Optional

    Match protection to each machine, and storage to what it carries.

    10 min Verified: backup, array