Watch the video below for a walk-through on installing Lithium and performing the initial setup.
Lithium Core - Performs the monitoring, reporting and alerting.
Lithium Console - The Mac OS X client for Lithium
Device - A single physical or logical node in your network. For example, a router, switch or a server.
Metric - A value being monitored by Lithium. For example the amount of space available on a disk or the temperature of a CPU.
Trigger - A threshold or condition that defines when an alert should be raised. Lithium has many default Triggers applied out-of-the-box.
Incident - An alert raised when the condition specified by a Trigger is present in the Metric that is being monitoted by Lithium. For example, a Warning Incident may be raised when CPU usage exceeds 90% for a given amount of time.
Step-by-Step
Below are the steps carried out in the tutorial video.
Step 1. Download Lithium Core
Download the latest version of the Lithium Core installer here. The Lithium Core disk image includes the Lithium Core Installer package and Lithium Console.app.
Step 2. Run the Lithium Core Installer
Run the Lithium Core Installer package included in the Lithium Core disk image. This can be run from the disk image itself. The standard Mac OS X Installer application will start and guide you through the installation of Lithium Core.
Selecting Customize during the installation will allow you to select the components that are installed. This is not recommended unless you are an advanced user that understand how Lithium Core works.
Lithium Core must be installed on the System Drive.
Step 3. Run Lithium Console.app
Go to your Applications Folder and double click on the newly installed Lithium Console.app. Lithium Console is the Mac OS X client for Lithium. You use Lithium Console to view monitoring data and manage your Lithium installation.
Step 4. Initial Setup in Lithium Console.app
Lithium Console will present an Initial Setup Assistant if a new installation of Lithium Core is selected. The Setup Assistant will configure the following: License (or Free 30-Day Trial License) and Authentication.
Once you have completed the Lithium Initial Setup Assistant, your Lithium deployment is ready for use.
Step 5. Using Lithium Console
Run Lithium Console.app from the Applications folder on the machine where you installed Lithium Core. Or, if you installed Lithium Core on another machine, download Lithium Console here and install it on your workstation.
If you run Lithium Console from the same machine as Lithium Core or from another machine on the same LAN then Lithium Console should automatically find your Lithium Core deployment using Bonjour auto-discovery.
Console will prompt you for a username and password to log into each of the Lithium Core deployments configured or discovered on your local network.
To manually add the Core Deployment to Lithium Console, click on Lithium Console -> Preferences in the menu bar to display the preferences window where a Lithium Core deployment can be specified manually. In the ‘Deployments’ tab of the Preferences window, click on the ‘+’ button in the bottom-left of the window to add a new Lithium Core deployment. A sheet will be shown where you can enter the Address (IP Address or Hostname) of the host where Lithium Core is installed. Do not change the port number unless you have have a customized installation of Lithium Core running on a non-standard port.
Step 6. Add Devices to Monitor
Lithium Console will present the Lithium Setup Assistant when it connects to a Lithium Core deployment that currently has no monitored devices configured. The Lithium Setup Assistant will guide you through adding your first set of Devices to be monitored by Lithium.
You can manually add devices later by clicking on the ‘+’ button at the bottom-left of the Lithium Console window and selecting ‘New Device At Location’ and an appropriate Location for the device. New Locations can also be defined through the same pop-up menu that appears when the ‘+’ button is clicked.
Problems? Get Help…
If you have any problems during the initial install and setup process, or at any time while you are using Lithium you can get help at our Lithium 5.0 Support site. You can browse public discussions, start private discussions with us or public discussions for community support as well as checking out FAQ and Knowledge Base articles.