Configuring OS monitoring

The Monitoring Agent for Linux OS, Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS, and Monitoring Agent for Windows OS agents are configured automatically. However, you can configure log file monitoring for the OS agents so that you can monitor application log files. Also, you can run the OS agents as a non-root user.

• Run OS agents as a non-root user You can run the Monitoring Agent for Windows OS, Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS, and Monitoring Agent for Linux OS as a non-root user.
• Configure OS agent log file monitoring The Monitoring Agent for Linux OS, Monitoring Agent for UNIX OS, and Monitoring Agent for Windows OS agents are configured automatically. However, you can configure log file monitoring for the OS agents so that you can monitor application log files.
• Configuring Linux OS Agent file system data collection The Monitoring Agent for Linux OS is configured automatically. However, you can configure the behavior for file system data collection.