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Configuration
Introduction
The Configuration head line in op5 Monitor is all about configuring op5 Monitor. Everything from you own password to hosts, services, notification escalations and so on is done here.
The Configuration head line is divided into the following parts
View config
Change password
Backup / Restore
Configure, will be covered in the chapter op5 Monitor configuration tool on page 105.
 
View config
In many times you only need to view the configuration without changing it. Then you should use View config instead of the op5 Monitor configuration tool. This is a lot easier to get a more complete view of all objects of the same types.
Viewing config
Example 1 In this example we are going to view the hostgroups ordered by description.
1 Click View config in the configuration menu.

As default hosts are shown.
2 Change Object type to host groups
3 Click on the sort arrows in the description column
 
My account
My account contains a few settings, including the possibility to change your password.
Here you may set
pagination behavior
how to display passive checks
what skin to use in the GUI
keyboard commands used in the GUI.
Listview column settings
My Account is accessed through the menu.
Pagination behavior
Paginations are used in almost every view under the Monitoring section. You can set pagination
limit
step
Table 1 pagination settings
Setting
Description
limit
Sets the maximum number of items to display on each page
step
Sets the value is used to generate drop-down for nr of items per page to show.
The way passive checks are displayed
A service which is only receiving passive check results is normally displayed as inactive. This gives you an icon looking like this:
Here you may change how that service is displayed. To change this behavior you only need to set
Show Passive as Active = On
Then the passive only checks will appear as they were active.
What skin to use in the GUI
In op5 Monitor you are able to create your own skin to use in the GUI. How to create your own skin is described in the op5 Monitor administrator manual.
Here you may chose what skin you like to use.
Keyboard commands used in the GUI
You may use your own shortcuts to your keyboard commands. You need to set one or more modifier key plus any other key.
Possible Modifier keys are
Alt
Shift
Ctrl
Modifier keys should be entered in alphabetical order.
Add a combination of keys with a + sign between like
Alt+Shift-f
without any spaces. All keys are case insensitive.
Changing my account settings
To change my account settings
1 Click My account.
2 Make the changes you need to do (password is saved separately).
3 Click Save.
Change popup behavior
You can select to disable the graph popup when hovering the mouse over a graph icon. It is also possible to change the popup delay.
Status pages
Here you can select if you want to show the display name and notes on hosts and services in the GUI. If the search function should also search in the notes filed “show notes” must be enabled.
Set URL target
Select how you want a URL to open. You can choose to open in a new window or in the same window.
Changing your password
To change your password
1 Click Change password in the top right corner of the My account page
2 Type current password and the new password two times
3 Click Change password.
Next time you login you have to use the new password.
Backup and Restore
The op5 Monitor GUI has got a built-in backup feature. This is not supposed to be a replacement to op5-backup.
 
 
The configuration backup is only backing up the op5 Monitor configuration, nothing else.
Backing up the configuration
To backup your op5 Monitor configuration
1 Click Backup/Restore in the main menu.
2 Click Save your current op5 Monitor configuration.
3 Now your backup is created and can be restored at any time you like.
4 Click the backup archive name to download and save the backup archive somewhere else.
Backup/Restore actions
In the list of backups the second column is called ACTIONS. This is the functions you will find there, from the left to the right:
View what files are included in the backup.
Restor the backup
Delete the backup.
Restoring a configuration backup
To restor a op5 Monitor configuration backup
1 Click Backup/Restore in the main menu.
2 Click restor icon on the configuration backup you like to restore.
Now the backup has been restored.