Install Unryo on premise#

This step is intended for on-prem customers. If you are using our Cloud Edition, you have nothing else to install than your Unryo Collector(s).

With Unryo, you are only a few minutes away from monitoring your infrastructure.

If you are new to Unryo, this tutorial will give you step-by-step instructions to:

Install Unryo on your environment.
Start collecting data using preconfigured templates.
Start visualizing and monitoring your infrastructure.

Install Unryo#

Download Unryo and then choose one of the following installation guides:

Deployment	Description	Download Link	Installation Guide
Docker	Deploy Unryo using Docker Compose	docker-compose.yml dynamically generated during installation.	Installation Guide
Helm	Deploy Unryo in a Kubernetes cluster using Helm chart	[All-In-One Platform] [Collector Only]	Installation Guide
vApp	Deploy Unryo as a VMware vApp	[All-In-One Platform] [Collector Only]	Installation Guide
Unryo Agent	Install the Unryo agent to monitor locally your servers	[Debian-based Linux] [RPM-based Linux] [Windows]	Installation Guide

For more information about sizing and installation requirements, see the installation prerequisites.

Installation Prerequisites#

Operating system compatibility#

Unryo is compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and Debian-based Linux distributions.

Our recommended Operating System is 20.04 or 22.04 (any LTS release of Ubuntu)

Server Sizing#

Sizing	All-In-One Platform	Collector
Less than 1,000 devices	8GB memory, 2 vcpus, 60GB disk	1.5GB memory, 1 vcpu, 60GB disk
> 1,000 devices	16GB memory, 4 vcpus, 120GB disk	2GB memory, 2 vcpu, 60GB disk
> 10,000 devices	Contact us for sizing	Contact us for sizing

Network Requirements#

The following ports need to be open for the Unryo Collector.

Ports	Direction	Description	Encryption
443/tcp	Outbound	Communicate with the Connect Service (*.unryo.com) for collector registration and health checks	SSL
53/udp	Bi-Directional	Resolving DNS queries	n/a
8086/tcp	Outbound	Communication to the Unryo Platform (time-serie database)	SSL
9200/tcp	Outbound	Communication to the Unryo Platform (event database)	SSL
4224/tcp	Outbound	Communication to the Unryo Platform (configuration vault)	SSL

The following ports need to be open for the Unryo Platform deployed on-premise:

Ports	Direction	Description	Encryption
443/tcp	Outbound	Communicate with the Connect Service (*.unryo.com) for components registration and health checks	SSL
53/udp	Bi-Directional	Resolving DNS queries	n/a
443/tcp	Inbound	For user access to the portal ; and API queries	SSL
4224/tcp, 8086/tcp, 9200/tcp	Inbound	Data received from collectors. Required only if you have deployed additional collectors	SSL
8186/tcp	Inbound	Data received from agents. Required only if you have deployed Unryo agents	SSL

Notes:

The Unryo Collector communicates with the managed infrastructure by doing a periodic polling (e.g. REST API, SNMP, TCP checks, ...) and by listening incoming data (e.g. syslogs, snmp traps, traffic flows, webhooks, ...). Make sure you allow the outbound and inbound traffic accordingly based on the monitoring templates you enabled.
If you have configured alert actions (e.g. email, Slack, OpsGenie, Microsoft Teams, Kafka, ...), make sure you allow the outbound traffic from the Unryo Platform to those external systems.

Deployment Methods#

Docker#

This procedure deploys the Unryo platform via Docker Compose on a Linux host with Docker installed.

If you haven’t already, create your free account to get started.

Log on your Unryo Admin Console

You should see a screen like this:
Click +Deploy in the top banner.

It will open the Deployment Wizard:
Select the All In One deployment.

The All-In-One deployment installs the full Unryo Platform on a host on your premises. If you want to install a Collector only, continue the procedure here.
Select Your Private Infrastructure then Next.

A default namespace is suggested; keep it as is.

The namespace is used for multi-tenancy to isolate your deployments. All components within a single namespace will automatically connect together.

Warning: It is not recommended to deploy an all-in-one deployment in the same namespace of an already deployed setup, since most of the nodes are supposed to be a unique entity in the infrastructure except those that collect data.

Specify the deployment name.

The deployment name is used to better identify your components later on.
Choose the Docker Compose deployment.

The docker-compose.yml file is dynamically generated, based on the information you provided earlier.

The portal credentials for the user admin are visible here. Change or note that password. You can change it at anytime later in your portal.

Copy the Docker-Compose content to your clipboard and paste it into a new file named docker-compose.yml on your target host.

Docker Requirements: Docker and Docker Compose have to be installed on your host

Finally, execute this command:

bash docker-compose up -d

Note that you must be in the same directory as your docker-compose.yml file. If you called your Docker Compose yml file differently, you must modify the above command as follows: docker-compose -f your-yml-file.yml up -d.

Great! You have completed the installation, and your Unryo platform is up and operational. You will learn in the Post Install section how to start collecting data.

Please notes that the first 5 minutes after initial deployments, some visual components of the Portal are unavailable. It is normal while they individually start and self configure/connect together.

VMware vApp#

Unryo is available as a VMware vApp. The vApp can be used to deploy the complete Unryo Platform (All-In-One) or the Unryo Collector.

vApp Prerequisites

VMware vSphere 6.7 or higher
VMware vCenter

If you haven’t already, create your free account to get started.

Log on your Unryo Admin Console

You should see a screen like this:
Click +Deploy in the top banner.

It will open the Deployment Wizard:
Select the All In One deployment.

The All-In-One deployment installs the full Unryo Platform on a host on your premises. If you want to install a Collector only, continue the procedure here.
Select Your Private Infrastructure then Next.

A default namespace is suggested; keep it as is.

The namespace is used for multi-tenancy to isolate your deployments. All components within a single namespace will automatically connect together.

Warning: It is not recommended to deploy an all-in-one deployment in the same namespace of an already deployed setup, since most of the nodes are supposed to be a unique entity in the infrastructure except those that collect data.

Specify the deployment name

The deployment name is used to better identify your components later on.
Choose the VMware vSphere vApp deployment.

Click on the URL to download and save the .ova file
In your vSphere Client:

Open a virtual machine and select the .ova file.

Select a compute resource:

Your vSphere application should have a minimum of 8GB.

Select Your Storage.

Select at least 50 GB

Select your Networks.

Custom vSphere Application

In the custom template network tab, all the fields are required. Before picking up an ip address check if the IP address is free of use.

In the Unryo Tab, use the token you received previously in the Unryo portal.

Click next when you are ready. This should take a couple of minutes.

In the CLI the username is root. In the frontend the username is admin. The password is the same for both username.

Great! You have completed the installation, and your Unryo platform is up and operational. You will learn in the Post Install section how to start collecting data.

Please notes that the first 5 minutes after initial deployments, some visual components of the Portal are unavailable. It is normal while they individually start and self configure/connect together.

Kubernetes Helm#

This procedure deploys Unryo on a Kubernetes cluster.

If you haven’t already, create your free account to get started.

Login on the Unryo Admin Console
Follow the procedure here.

Unryo agents#

Unryo agents are available for Linux and Windows if you want to monitor locally your servers.

Follow the deployment procedure here.

Post Install#

Now:

Troubleshoot the startup of Unryo, to check that the install completed successfully.
Enable Collect for the technologies of your choice.
Start visualizing and monitoring your infrastructure.

Troubleshooting#

Here are the best practices to quickly check that the install completed successfully.

Use the Unryo Connect Console#

Log in to the Unryo Connect Console and check that all components are correctly connected and in good health.

If your module is not connected, validate your infrastructure connectivity and prerequisite checklist. Is your host healthy? Are the pods or docker services running? The following commands can help you identify internal problems.

Kubernetes commands#

Check if pods are running:

kubectl -n my-namespace get pods

Check kubernetes logs:

kubectl -n my-namespace logs -f --tail 100 pod-id

Check kubernetes events:

kubectl -n my-namespace get events

Check kubernetes services:

kubectl -n my-namespace get svc

Log in to pod:

kubectl -n my-namespace exec -it pod-id -- bash

Docker commands#

Check Container logs:

docker logs <container-id|container-name>

Log in the container:

docker exec -ti <container_id> bash

Enable Collect#

By default, a freshly installed collector already monitors the server and containers around itself. This is why you probably have some reports and analytics in motion on your portal. Now let’s enable more ML Packs! For this tutorial, we’re going to add the ML Pack for HTTP Endpoints which monitors the status and response-time of one or multiple HTTP endpoints.

Go to the Overview page and click on your Unryo Portal's URL:

Go to Configuration Management.

Click on the + button to add a new configuration.

Select the Http Response template. Select the Collector on which you want this configuration to be deployed; and provide a Configuration Name that is meaningful to you. The Description is optional.

Enter the list of URLs you want to monitor. Other configuration options are possible. Browse the template to discover them.

Once done, click Apply to start the monitoring.

Congratulations! You just started your new data collection. Metrics begin to be uploaded, stream analytics runs in the background, and turnkey dashboards display data in an actionable form. Your next step is to discover the power of the Unryo portal.

Start visualizing your data#

To view your dashboards, connect your Unryo portal.

Under Dashboards, you will see the list of monitored resources with their available dashboards. Below is an example of the HTTP Endpoints dashboard:

Next, you can try one or more of the following to learn and get the most out of your Unryo installation.