Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Documentation

Install a Management Agent

You need to install a Management Agent to be able to register agents with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

Install and set up a Management Agent on the same VM or on a VM with access to the Node Exporter's endpoint. This Management Agent will be configured to scrape metrics from the running Prometheus Node Exporter.

Based on your environment, select one of the following installation types:
  • Install a Management Agent in an OCI instance.

    If you have an OCI compute instance, you need to follow the instructions to enable the Management Agent plugin on OCI compute instances. For information about the prerequisites and the installation process, see Deploy Management Agents on Compute Instances.

  • Install a Management Agent in a non-OCI instance.

    If you have a standalone VM, you need to follow the instructions to install a Management Agent in a VM. For information about the prerequisites and the installation process, see Install Management Agents.

Note

Additional Prerequisite: Create a dynamic group.

A dynamic group creation is only required if using Management Agent service to collect metrics in Prometheus format. For example, create a Management Agent dynamic group named Management-Agent-Dynamic-Group with the following: ALL {resource.type='managementagent', resource.compartment.id='<AGENT_COMPARTMENT_OCID>'}

In this example, the <AGENT_COMPARTMENT_OCID> is the compartment OCID of the Management Agent. For more information about dynamic groups, see Managing Dynamic Groups.