Description

This connector enables hardware monitoring for VMs through the virsh command. The libvirt API must be installed on the host.

Target

Typical platforms: KVM, QEMU, Xen, Hypervisors

Operating system: Linux

Prerequisites

Leverages: libvirt API

Technology and protocols: System Commands

Examples

metricshub HOSTNAME -t linux -c +Virsh --ssh -u USER

resourceGroups:
  <RESOURCE_GROUP>:
    resources:
      <HOSTNAME-ID>:
        attributes:
          host.name: <HOSTNAME> # Change with actual host name
          host.type: linux
        selectConnectors: [ Virsh ] # Optional, to load only this connector
        protocols:
          ssh:
            username: <USERNAME> # Change with actual credentials
            password: <PASSWORD> # Encrypted using metricshub-encrypt

Connector Activation Criteria

The KVM, QEMU, Xen and Hypervisors (virsh) connector will be automatically activated, and its status will be reported as OK if all the below criteria are met:

• The command below succeeds on the monitored host
  • Command: virsh list
  • Output contains: Name (regex)

Metrics