Centreon MBI architecture¶
This chapter describes the Centreon MBI architecture and provides an overview of how the solution is integrated into Centreon monitoring software.
The information is addressed to administrators who will be installing or configuring Centreon MBI.
This chapter includes the following:
Software architecture diagram
RPM architecture diagram
Only one architecture possible: a Centreon MBI-dedicated reporting server¶
This architecture and prerequisites apply to:
Test environnements
Pre-production environments
Production environments.
The diagram below shows the main components of Centreon MBI:
The monitoring database can be installed on a server other than the Centreon server.
ETL: Process that extracts, transforms and loads data into the reporting database.
CBIS: Scheduler that manages job execution and publication.
Reporting database: MySQL database that contains reporting data and some raw data extracted from the monitoring database.
Network flow table¶
The table below presents the different types of flow, by default, between the dedicated BI server, Centreon server and databases:
Application |
Source |
Destination |
Port |
Protocol |
|---|---|---|---|---|
ETL/CBIS |
Reporting server |
Centreon Database |
3306 |
TCP |
SSH |
Reporting server |
Centreon |
22 |
TCP |
CBIS |
Centreon |
Reporting server |
1234 |
TCP |
CBIS |
Reporting server |
Centreon |
80 |
HTTP* |
Widgets |
Centreon |
Reporting server |
3306 |
TCP |
**Only required for Host-Graph-v2 and Hostgroup-Graph-v2 reports*
Centreon MBI RPMs¶
Centreon MBI installation requires two RPM packages:
Centreon-bi-server: Installs the Centreon MBI interface integrated into the Centreon front end and must reside on the Centreon Web Server.
Centreon-bi-reporting-server: Contains all the components needed to run the reporting server – report scheduler, ETL, standards reports – and must reside on a dedicated server for reporting processes.
You should install the MariaDB database at the same time. We highly recommand installing the database on the same server for performance & isolation considerations.
The diagram below shows the main RPM packages making up Centreon MBI. Though installed, the dependancies are not displayed here.
