Install a VirtualMetric Server
To install VirtualMetric software, you need to meet the following requirements:
A virtual machine with at least 4 vCPU and minimum 8 GB RAM memory.
Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 or later.
100 GB Hard Disk Drive
To store VirtualMetric Database, you need to meet the following requirements:
A virtual machine with at least 8 vCPU and minimum 16 GB RAM memory.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 or later / Debian 9 or later
System Drive: 100 GB Hard Disk Drive for OS and Database Software
Data Drive: 100 GB Hard Disk Drive minimum for basic data retention
SingleStore Self Managed 8.0 or later / SingleStore Cloud
To access VirtualMetric Dashboard, you need a web browser. The following browsers are supported:
Google Chrome 49 or later (recommended)
Mozilla Firefox 45 or later
Microsoft Edge 14 or later
Opera 42 or later
When running VirtualMetric on a virtual machine, do not use dynamic resource allocation, but please make sure that full resources are available to the virtual machine at any time.
Hardware Requirements
Hardware requirements for VirtualMetric mainly depend on the modules, intervals and history ranges. The following values are provided as reference for minimum requirements of VirtualMetric.
Dual Core CPU
4096 MB Memory
100 GB Hard Disk Drive
When running VirtualMetric on a virtual machine, do not use dynamic resource allocation, but please make sure that full resources are available to the virtual machine at any time.
Software Requirements
Before installing VirtualMetric on Windows Server, please make sure that you have following components on Windows Server:
Microsoft PowerShell v4 or later
.NET Framework 2.0 or later
Running Setup Application
Installing VirtualMetric is easy and works like other Windows-based applications. To install VirtualMetric, run the installation setup program that you have downloaded.
1. Confirm the question of the Windows User Account Control with Yes to allow the program to install. The VirtualMetric installation dialog will guide you through the installation process.
2. You will see Welcome Screen. Please click Next to continue.
3. Accept the license agreement and click Next.
4. In this step, you will configure VirtualMetric API settings. After filling the required fields, click Next.
You can use either IP address or FQDN for VirtualMetric API connectivity. All servers will use this address for inventory and performance stats collection. So if you use FQDN, FQDN address should be resolved by all servers.
By default, VirtualMetric API listens TCP 8080. You can change following port configuration on this step to use different port. After you specify port address, VirtualMetric will setup its REST API with this port configuration.
Setup will add firewall rule into Windows Firewall as part of the installation.
VirtualMetric API address should be reachable by all servers. Please visit Firewall Configuration section to make sure.
5. In this step, you will configure VirtualMetric Dashboard settings. After filling the required fields, click Next.
Setup will enter VirtualMetric API address automatically. Clients will use this VirtualMetric API address when they connect to VirtualMetric Dashboard. If VirtualMetric API is in private network, you should type external address of VirtualMetric API here. Otherwise Clients will not be able to login dashboard due to unreachable network.
Setup will require you to type a user name and password. You will use this username and password to login dashboard for the first time. Password must be at least 6 characters long.
Please write down your user name and password. Setup will not remind you at the end.
If you want to secure VirtualMetric Dashboard and VirtualMetric API connections with an SSL certificate, please visit Setup SSL Certificate section.
6. In this step, you can enable Active Directory authentication for VirtualMetric Trigger. After filling the required fields, click Next.
VirtualMetric uses scheduled task jobs for VirtualMetric Trigger. This user should also have administrator privileges on the local server. If you provide a domain user with necessary privileges on target servers, VirtualMetric will use this user to monitor servers. Please see User Permissions section for required privileges.
If you want to use a domain user, please type its username as Domain\Username. User credentials will be used during setup to create VirtualMetric Trigger job and will not be stored anywhere.
7. In this step, you will configure VirtualMetric Database settings. After filling the required fields, click Next.
You should enter your Microsoft SQL Server Instance information and User information in this step.
Our setup supports Windows and SQL Authentication methods.
8. Review setup location and click Next.
9. Click Install to start VirtualMetric installation.
10. Click Finish to close Setup Wizard.
First Time Login
Once the VirtualMetric is installed, you can log in to the web interface In your browser and enter the IP address or DNS name of the computer where VirtualMetric is installed. If you are logged on VirtualMetric server, you can use following address.
After loading the VirtualMetric Dashboard, you will see following login screen. You can log in using the username and password that you provided on Setup Wizard. After you type your username and password, click to Login button to log in.
When you log in for the first time, you will see Welcome Screen.
Please click Go to Settings button to navigate to Settings page. Now you can active the product to start monitoring.
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