Next Steps

Once you have successfully completed the steps in this installation guide, you should have:

1. A running Server

2. The Server web-based UI accessible at http://localhost:3000

3. The Server built-in Agent running (if started with hotrod run stand-alone)

4. A second Agent (agent1) running and connected to the Server.

Now that you have a HOTROD deployment running, here are some suggestions on the next steps.

Enable Agent metrics

By default, metrics collection is disabled on new Agents and must be enabled on a per-Agent basis.

Metrics can be enabled via the Server web-based UI:

1. Go to Agents in the top navigation

2. Select the Agent you wish to enable metrics for

3. Select the edit settings button

4. Change the Agent settings to:

   • Enable the Metrics enabled switch

   • Set the Metrics interval value (in seconds) to 30.

5. Click Save

The Agent will receive its updated configuration the next time it checks in with the Server (which should be within 15 seconds, by default).

Try out the Pipe editor

The Pipe Editor in the web-based UI provides useful features for creating, editing, and testing Pipes, including:

• Autocompletion

• YAML syntax checking

• Pipe evaluation, with sample input data

• Step-by-step testing of Pipe actions

• In-editor contextual help for Pipe Language items