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The agent automatically discovers and collects various types of monitoring data from your servers. This page provides an overview of the core data types collected.

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Host Information

The agent collects essential information about your host machine to provide context for all metrics and logs:
  • Hostname
  • Operating system
  • Platform: Name of the OS distribution (e.g., Ubuntu, CentOS)
  • Platform family: High-level OS family (e.g., Debian, RHEL)
  • Platform version: Version of the distribution (e.g., 22.04)
  • Kernel version: Version of the system kernel
  • CPU architecture
  • Agent version: Version of the simob agent running on the host.
Host information is collected once during initialization and updated when the agent is restarted or updated.

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Heartbeat Monitoring

The agent sends periodic heartbeat signals to indicate that it’s running and actively collecting data. This provides:
  • Service health: Confirms the agent is operational
  • Uptime tracking: Monitors continuous operation

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Metrics

The agent collects comprehensive system performance metrics across multiple categories. See metrics overview for details.

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Logs

The agent automatically discovers and collects logs from your server. See logs overview for details.