Newbie Question: Remote Monitoring CPU Usage

RouterOS The Dude
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Hey guys, sorry if this question has been answered but my search didnt yield an answer.

So I have a few servers in a DC somewhere and I’d like to be able to monitor all their CPU, HD, Memory stats from a remote box. The box is technically in the same DC but its on another network. So I’d be traversing the internet basically. I’ve installed dude on either machine and my understanding was that I could then setup checks on that machine and the install of the dude would act as an agent, but I dont think i’m correct in that. Is there an agent that can monitor cpu, hd, etc that runs on a remote PC? I’m sure I’m missing something really simple here, especially since no one else has asked such a simple question. I did read someone mentioning SNMP, but I do not have this running on the other client box I’d like to monitor. My understanding was that you can monitor a machine using 2210 & 2211. But that might just be to see the checks from that machine. I’d like to see all the machines cpu/memory/etc on one machine.

So if I do have to install snmp… how does The dude client talk to snmp on the remote box and get info from the dude server? Sorry if i’m complicating this.

Anyway, can anyone point me in the right direction… sans RTFM. :slight_smile:

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  1. the target machine must support SNMP because that’s how it will provide your CPU information
  2. inside that network you must have a publicly-accessible Dude installation
  3. add the “target” to the Dude so it can monitor it
  4. in a remote location, also install Dude and use “remote” to connect to the first Dude instance, to see all the same information it sees
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    I don’t know what type of machine is that “target” but to enable SNMP in RouterOS you simply have to check one box. Then, add the device in Dude by it’s IP address, right click it and use “SNMP Walk” to see what info is available.