Monitoring Nutanix (public preview)

Supported versions

Instana supports metrics and configuration data for Nutanix Prism Central API 3.1.

Configuration

To enable Nutanix data center monitoring, add the Prism Central URL and credentials to the agent configuration file, <agent_install_dir>/etc/instana/configuration.yaml.

com.instana.plugin.nutanix:
  url: https://<INSERT_PRISM_CENTRAL_URL_HERE>:<PORT>
  username: <INSERT_USERNAME_HERE>
  password: <INSERT_PASSWORD_HERE>
  enabled: true
  poll_rate: 20 # metrics poll rate in seconds

The Nutanix user that is configured on Instana must have access to the Prism Central APIs to collect the metrics.

Instana supports remote monitoring for Nutanix. You can install the agent on a different host machine, but it might increase the latency and affect performance. Install the agent on a Nutanix data center virtual machine to achieve minimal latency and high performance. In the Kubernetes environment, install the Instana agent separately on a dedicated machine to make sure only one agent monitors Nutanix entities. A connection must be established between the machine in which the agent runs and the Nutanix Prism Central APIs.

Nutanix data center metrics are polled every 20 seconds by default or as configured in the poll_rate parameter.

If the Nutanix dashboard is not visible on Instana, open a support case with IBM Support to enable this feature on Instana.

Metrics collection

To view the metrics on the Instana UI, go to the navigation menu, and then click Platforms > Nutanix. The Nutanix dashboard is displayed.