MongoDB (SDK App)

Application Version Details

Introduction

MongoDB is a NoSQL database management application. NoSQL database systems offer an alternative to traditional relational databases using SQL (Structured Query Language). Data is stored in tables, rows, and columns in a relational database, with relationships between entities. MongoDB is a widely used, open-source, NoSQL (Not Only SQL) database. Here are some key points about MongoDB:

• Document-Oriented Database
• Flexible Schema
• Scalability
• High Performance
• Aggregation Framework
• Replication and High Availability

Key Use cases

Discovery Use cases

• It discovers the MongoDB cluster and its component nodes.
• Publishes relationships between resources to have a topological view and ease of maintenance.

Monitoring Use cases

• Provides metrics related to job scheduling time and status etc..
• Concern alerts will be generated for each metric to notify the administrator regarding the issue with the resource.

Prerequisites

• OpsRamp Classic Gateway 14.0.0 and above.

• OpsRamp Nextgen Gateway 14.0.0 and above.
  Note: OpsRamp recommends using the latest Gateway version for full coverage of recent bug fixes, enhancements, etc..

• Provided IPAddress/hostname, Credentials (SSH and MongoDB database) should work for accessing MongoDB clusters.

• The SSH credentials should be same for all the MongoDB replica set cluster nodes.

• The MongoDB credentials should be the same for all the MongoDB replica set node instances.

• We are using macAddress as a uniqueId for resource creation. To fetch the MAC Address we are using the ip addr show command. So we need ip command path in PATH environment variable, please add below mentioned lines in .profile or .bashrc file in all the MongoDB servers ( User should have a home directory then only .bash_profile or .bashrc file will be present).

  PATH={ipPath}:$PATH
export PATH
  
  

  Notes:

  • Where ipPath is path where ip command binary is present. for example: if ip command is present in “/usr/sbin”, then provide PATH=/usr/sbin:$PATH
  • As we are utilizing a remote SSH connection, if the environment PATH does not include the binary path for the command, you may encounter a ‘command not found’ exception.

• As part of discovery we are fetching the serial number and system UUID of the individual nodes. These details are fetched through command-line(SSH).

  • If the SSH credentials being provided are “root” users, no changes need to be made.
  • If the SSH credentials being provided are of a “non-sudo” user, then we need to make an entry in the /etc/sudoers file as below:

• With the above entry, we will be able to execute that sudo command.

• For connecting to the mongoDB instance, a user with “readAnyDatabase” and “clusterMonitor” role on the “admin” database will suffice. In case of replica set clusters the same user credential is expected to be available on all the nodes.

  For example we have created the user as below:

• We are using both SSH credentials (for ssh/cli access) and mongoDB instance credentials(for mongoDB instance connection). You may connect to the mongoDB instance using a connection string.

• MongoDB hosts should be resolvable from the gateway.

  • If you are using the NextGen gateway and the hosts are not resolving from the gateway and vprobe container.

    See How to manually add DNS Name Servers to k3s? to manually add DNS name servers to k3s

  • If you are using the classic gateway, please add a DNS server entry in the resolv.conf file or mention hosts in the /etc/hosts file.

Hierarchy of MongoDB resources

For a replica set cluster:

    • MongoDB Replica Set
             • MongoDB Server

For a standalone MongoDB instance:

    • MongoDB Server

You may take the node ip, either standalone or one replica set node (in case of replica set cluster) and the concerned port as input as part of configuration. You would require ssh credentials for the mongoDB server and mongoDB instance credentials as well for executing the remote SSH/ CLI commands.

Default Monitoring Configurations

MongoDB has default Global Device Management Policies, Global Templates, Global Monitors and Global metrics in OpsRamp. Users can customize these default monitoring configurations as per their business use cases by cloning respective global templates and global Device Management Policies. OpsRamp recommends doing this activity before installing the app to avoid noise alerts and data.

1. Default Global Device Management Policies

   OpsRamp has a Global Device Management Policy for each Native Type of MongoDB. We can find those Device Management Policies at Setup > Resources > Device Management Policies, search with suggested names in global scope. Each Device Management Policy follows below naming convention:

   {appName nativeType - version}

   Ex: mongodb MongoDB Replica Set - 1(i.e, appName = mongodb, nativeType = MongoDB Replica Set , version = 1)

2. Default Global Templates

   OpsRamp has a Global template for each Native Type of MongoDB. You can find those templates at Setup > Monitoring > Templates, search with suggested names in global scope. Each template follows below naming convention:

   {appName nativeType 'Template' - version}

   Ex: mongodb MongoDB Replica Set Template- 1(i.e, appName = mongodb, nativeType = MongoDB Replica Set, version = 1)

3. Default Global Monitors

   OpsRamp has have a Global Monitors for each Native Type which has monitoring support. You can find those monitors at Setup > Monitoring > Monitors, search with suggested names in global scope. Each Monitors follows below naming convention:

   {monitorKey appName nativeType - version}

   Ex: MongoDB Replica Set Monitor mongodb MongoDB Replica Set 1 (i.e, monitorKey =MongoDB Replica Set Monitor, appName = mongodb, nativeType = MongoDB Replica Set , version = 2)

Configure and Install the MongoDB Integration

1. From All Clients, select a client.
2. Go to Setup > Account.
3. Select the Integrations and Apps tab.
4. The INSTALLED INTEGRATIONS page, where all the installed applications are displayed.
   Note: If there are no installed applications, it will navigate to the ADD APP page.
5. Click + ADD on the INSTALLED INTEGRATIONS page. The AVAILABLE INTEGRATIONS AND APPS page displays all the available applications along with the newly created application with the version.
   Note: You can even search for the application using the search option available. Also you can use the All Categories option to search.

6. Click ADD in the MongoDB application.
7. In the Configurations page, click + ADD. The Add Configuration page appears.
8. Enter the below mentioned BASIC INFORMATION:

Notes:

• IP Address/Host Name should be accessible from Gateway.
• App Failure Notifications: if turned on, you will be notified in case of an application failure that is, Connectivity Exception, Authentication Exception.

9. Select the below mentioned Custom Attribute:

Note: The custom attribute that you add here will be assigned to all the resources that are created by the integration. You can add a maximum of five custom attributes (key and value pair).

10. In the RESOURCE TYPE section, select:
    • ALL: All the existing and future resources will be discovered.
    • SELECT: You can select one or multiple resources to be discovered.
11. In the DISCOVERY SCHEDULE section, select Recurrence Pattern to add one of the following patterns:
    • Minutes
    • Hourly
    • Daily
    • Weekly
    • Monthly
12. Click ADD.

Now the configuration is saved and displayed on the configurations page after you save it.
Note: From the same page, you may Edit and Remove the created configuration.

13. Click Next.
14. Below are the optional steps you can perform on the Installation page.

• Under the ADVANCED SETTINGS, Select the Bypass Resource Reconciliation option, if you wish to bypass resource reconciliation when encountering the same resources discovered by multiple applications.

  Note: If two different applications provide identical discovery attributes, two separate resources will be generated with those respective attributes from the individual discoveries.

• Click +ADD to create a new collector by providing a name or use the pre-populated name.

15. Select an existing registered profile.

16. Click FINISH.

The application is now installed and displayed on the INSTALLED INTEGRATION page. Use the search field to find the installed application.

Modify the Configuration

• See Modify an Installed Integration or Application article.

  Note: Select the MongoDB application.

View the MongoDB Details

To discover resources for MongoDB, you have two options:

Option 1:

Navigate to Infrastructure > Resources > Cluster, with Native Resource Type as MongoDB Replica Set. You can go to the Attributes tab to view the discovery details.

Option 2:

1. Navigate to Infrastructure > Search > DATABASES > MongoDB.
2. The MONGODB page is displayed, select the application name.
3. The RESOURCE DETAILS page appears from the right.
4. Click the ellipsis (…) on the top right and select View details.

5. Navigate to the Attributes tab to view the discovery details.

• Click the Metrics tab to view the metric details for MongoDB.

View resource metrics

To confirm MongoDB monitoring, review the following:

• Metric graphs: A graph is plotted for each metric that is enabled in the configuration.
• Alerts: Alerts are generated for metrics that are configured as defined for integration.

Resource Filter Input keys

MongoDB application Resources are filtered and discovered based on below keys:

Supported Alert Custom Macros

Customize the alert subject and description with below macros then it will generate alert based on customisation.
Supported macros keys:

Supported Metrics

Risks, Limitations & Assumptions

• Application can handle Critical/Recovery failure alert notifications for below two cases when user enables App Failure Notifications in configuration
  • Connectivity Exception
  • Authentication Exception
• Application cannot control monitoring pause/resume actions based on above alerts. Metrics can be used to monitor PowerMax resources and can generate alerts based on the threshold values.
• OpsRamp has provided 22 as default Port for SSH and 27017 as default Port for MongoDB. Users can modify this value from the application configuration page at any point of time if required.
• Component level thresholds can be configured on each resource level.
• No support of showing activity log and applied time.
• The minimum supported version for the option to get the latest snapshot metric is NextGen-14.0.0.
• This application supports both Classic Gateway and NextGen Gateway.
• Application will send any duplicate/repeat failure alert notification for every 6 hours.
• This application will work only if each Mongo DB instance is configured on different server.