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Introduction
Hyperic HQ is a Network Monitoring System (NMS) used to monitor computer resources over a network.


Installation
Hyperic HQ has two editions: Hyperic HQ and Hyperic HQ Enterprise. For this blog post we've downloaded Hyperic HQ Agent and Server installer and installed in Windows XP environment.
1. Download HQ from download section in their site.
2. Run the installer and follow the instruction.


Dashboard
After installing HQ, we can login to HQ user interface now. Open your browser and type http:\\localhost:7080. We're going to use default user name: hqadmin and default password: hqadmin since this is the first time we login to HQ. We can add user from Admininstration tab in the Masthead. After we provide login information, browser will display Dashboard page. The Masthead has several tabs: Dashboard, Resources, Analize, and Administration. Below the Masthead there are several bars with title. These bars and their contents are called portlets.

Sign In Box: figure 1, click to enlarge


HQ Dashboard: figure 2, click to enlarge



Customizing Dashboard
Our dashboard can be customized to a desired result. Things that we can do to customize dashboard:

• Add a portlet
  
• Remove a portlet
  
• Drag a portlet
  
• Configure a portlet
  

Customizing Dashboard: figure 3, click to enlarge



HQ Architecture
HQ Architecture provide us with a big picture about how HQ works. HQ Architecture consists of several components:

• HQ Agent
  Agent is used for collecting metrics, logging, event tracking, and performing control actions.
  
• HQ Server
  Server receives metrics from Agent.
  
• HQ Database
  Storing metrics
  
• UI Application
  Web-based UI
  
• Plugins
  Resource and Extension plugins
  

HQ Architecture: figure 4



HQ Inventory and Access Model
HQ Inventory and Access Model shows how resources in HQ relate to each other. HQ refers all resources it manages as Inventory. There are different types of Inventory:

• Platform
  Hosting machine
  
• Server
  Software that runs on a platform
  
• Service
  Server component
  
• Application
  A set of services
  
• Group
  A set of resources
  

HQ Inventory and Access Model: figure 5