Install LA

If you have not installed LA, see how to install or upgrade LA and prepare your environment using the SolarWinds Platform Installer.

Add devices to SolarWinds Platform

You will need to add a node or device to SolarWinds Platform before you can enable log monitoring for the device. You can add a node, or multiple nodes for multiple devices, using one of the following methods.

• You can automatically discover and add a larger number of devices across your enterprise using the Network Sonar Discovery and Network Sonar Results Wizards.
• You can add individual nodes for monitoring.
• You can send a trap or syslog from the device and add it as an unknown node.

Enable log monitoring for your devices

Depending on what type of data you collect with your devices, log monitoring can be automatically or manually enabled.

• Syslog and trap messages — Log monitoring is automatically enabled when you add the device to LA.

  Devices sending SNMPv3 traps must be added as SNMPv3 nodes since credentials are required to decrypt messages.

• Log files — Log monitoring is automatically enabled after you assign the node to the collection profile.
• Windows Events — You must enable log monitoring manually.

Agents must be deployed to nodes that collect log files or Windows Events before you can enable log monitoring.

Configure devices to send messages

Once you have discovered devices and added them to LA for monitoring, you can configure your devices to send messages to LA.

Beyond getting started with LA

Learn about additional resources available as you expand your use of LA.