Monitor Agent Console

The Monitor Agent console is available for the Windows Monitor Agent but not for the Linux Monitor Agent.

All agent configuration tasks can be performed at the Monitor Agent console, but some reports are not available.

Monitor Agent Web Console

The Monitor Agent Web console is platform-independent and can be viewed at the following URL:

http://Web_server_address:8200

To create the Monitor Agent Web console display, your Web server communicates directly with the Monitor Agent to obtain agent status information. You must be behind your firewall to use the Monitor Agent Web console. Because the Linux Monitor Agent does not have a console on the server where it runs, you use the Monitor Agent Web console in its place on Linux.

Several Monitor features are available at the Monitor Agent Web console that are not available at the Monitor Agent server console or the Monitor Web console. These are summarized in Comparing the Monitor Agent Consoles.

Monitor Web Console

The Monitor Web console is also platform-independent and can be viewed at the following URLs:

Linux: http://network_address/gwmon/gwmonitor
Windows: https://network_address/servlet/gwmonitor

To create the Monitor Web console display, your Web server communicates with the Monitor Application (a component of your Web server), which then communicates with the Monitor Agent to obtain agent status information. This enables the Monitor Web console to be available outside your firewall, while the Monitor Agent Web console can be used only inside your firewall.

The Monitor Web console is divided into the Agent Groups window on the left and the Agent Status window on the right. Using the Agents Groups window, you can create and manage agent groups the same as you can at the Monitor Agent server console.

The Monitor Web console does not include some features that are available at the Monitor Agent server console and the Monitor Agent Web console. These are summarized in Comparing the Monitor Agent Consoles.