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titleOn-premise collector

This data collector can be run in any machine that has the Docker service available because it should be executed as a docker container. The following sections explain how to prepare all the required setup for having the data collector running.

Structure

The following directory structure should be created for being used when running the collector:

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<any_directory>
└── devo-collectors/
    └── <product_name>/
        ├── certs/
        │   ├── chain.crt
        │   ├── <your_domain>.key
        │   └── <your_domain>.crt
        ├── state/
        └── config/ 
            └── config.yaml 
Note

Replace <product_name> with the proper value.

Devo credentials

In Devo, go to Administration → Credentials → X.509 Certificates, download the Certificate, Private key and Chain CA and save them in <product_name>/certs/. Learn more about security credentials in Devo here.

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Note

Replace <product_name> with the proper value.

Editing the config.yaml file

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globals:
  debug: <enable_debug_logs>
  id: not_used
  name: veeam_backup_manager_collector
  persistence:
    type: filesystem
    config:
      directory_name: state
outputs:
  devo_1:
    type: devo_platform
    config:
      address: <your-ingestion-endpoint>
      port: 443
      type: SSL
      chain: <chain_filename>
      cert: <cert_filename>
      key: <key_filename>
inputs:
  veeam_backup_manager_collector_input:
    id: <short_unique_id>
    enabled: True
    requests_per_second: <requests_per_second>
    api_base_url: <api_base_url_value>
    credentials:
      username: <username_value>
      password: <password_value>
    services:
      backup_server_data:
        request_period_in_seconds: <request_period_in_seconds_value>
        devo_tag: <override_devo_tag>
        filter_by_uid: <optional_uid_filter>
        filter_by_description: <optional_description_filter>
        filter_by_port:  <optional_port_filter>
        filter_by_version: <optional_version_filter>
Info

All defined service entities will be executed by the collector. If you do not want to run any of them, just remove the entity from the services object.

Replace the placeholders with your required values following the description table below:

Parameter

Data type

Type

Value range / Format

Details

<enable_debug_logs>

bool

Mandatory

false / true

This will make the collector generate (or not) log messages with the DEBUG level.

<your-ingestion-endpoint>

str

Mandatory

collector-us.devo.io
collector-eu.devo.io

Use this param to identify the Devo Cloud where the events will be sent.

<chain_filename>

str

Mandatory

Minimum length: 4
Maximum length: 20

Use this param to identify the chain.cert  file downloaded from your Devo domain. Usually this file's name is: chain.crt

<cert_filename>

str

Mandatory

Minimum length: 4
Maximum length: 20

Use this param to identify the file.cert downloaded from your Devo domain.

<key_filename>

str

Mandatory

Minimum length: 4
Maximum length: 20

Use this param to identify the file.key downloaded from your Devo domain.

<short_unique_id>

int

Mandatory

YMMDD

Use this param to give a unique id to this input service.

Note

This parameter is used to build the persistence address, do not use the same value for multiple collectors. It could cause a collision.

<requests_per_second>

int

Optional

Minimum value: 1

Customize the maximum number of API requests per second. If not used, the default setting will be used: 100000 requests/sec.

Info

This parameter should be removed if it is not used.

<api_base_url_value>

str

Mandatory

Valid URL

This parameter is the URL of the Veeam instance.

<username_value>

str

Mandatory

Minimum length: 1

The Veeam username.

<password_value>

str

Mandatory

Minimum length: 1

The Veeam password.

<request_period_in_seconds_value>

int

Optional

 

Minimum value: 1

Period in seconds used between each data pulling, this value will overwrite the default value (60 seconds).

Info

This parameter can be removed or commented.

<override_devo_tag>

 

str

Optional

A Devo Tag. For more information see Devo Tags.

This parameter allows to define a custom devo tag.

Info

This parameter should be removed if it is not used.

<optional_uid_filter>

str

Optional

Minimum length: 1

This parameter allows you to filter the results by UID.

Info

This parameter should be removed if it is not used.

<optional_description_filter>

str

Optional

Minimum length: 1

This parameter allows you to filter the results by description.

Info

This parameter should be removed if it is not used.

<optional_port_filter>

str

Optional

Minimum length: 1

This parameter allows you to filter the results by port number.

Info

This parameter should be removed if it is not used.

<optional_version_filter>

str

Optional

Minimum length: 1

This parameter allows you to filter the results by version.

Info

This parameter should be removed if it is not used.

Download the Docker image

The collector should be deployed as a Docker container. Download the Docker image of the collector as a .tgz file by clicking the link in the following table:

Collector Docker image

SHA-256 hash

collector-veeam_if-docker-image-1.0.0

5f2cf7b281f2d0539a97bce40f05c8102975f70de0ee3d0528406f2145257911

Use the following command to add the Docker image to the system:

Code Block
gunzip -c <image_file>-<version>.tgz | docker load
Note

Once the Docker image is imported, it will show the real name of the Docker image (including version info). Replace <image_file> and <version> with a proper value.

The Docker image can be deployed on the following services:

Docker

Execute the following command on the root directory <any_directory>/devo-collectors/<product_name>/

Code Block
docker run 
--name collector-<product_name> 
--volume $PWD/certs:/devo-collector/certs 
--volume $PWD/config:/devo-collector/config 
--volume $PWD/state:/devo-collector/state 
--env CONFIG_FILE=config.yaml 
--rm 
--interactive 
--tty 
<image_name>:<version>
Note

Replace <product_name>, <image_name> and <version> with the proper values.

Docker Compose

The following Docker Compose file can be used to execute the Docker container. It must be created in the <any_directory>/devo-collectors/<product_name>/ directory.

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version: '3'
services:
  collector-<product_name>:
    image: <image_name>:${IMAGE_VERSION:-latest}
    container_name: collector-<product_name>
    volumes:
      - ./certs:/devo-collector/certs
      - ./config:/devo-collector/config
      - ./credentials:/devo-collector/credentials
      - ./state:/devo-collector/state
    environment:
      - CONFIG_FILE=${CONFIG_FILE:-config.yaml}

To run the container using docker-compose, execute the following command from the <any_directory>/devo-collectors/<product_name>/ directory:

Code Block
IMAGE_VERSION=<version> docker-compose up -d
Note

Replace <product_name>, <image_name> and <version> with the proper values.

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titleCloud collector

We use a piece of software called Collector Server to host and manage all our available collectors. If you want us to host this collector for you, get in touch with us and we will guide you through the configuration.

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