Application Intelligence—Application Metadata Exporter

Application Metadata Exporter (AMX) application converts the output from the Application Metadata Intelligence (AMI) in CEF format into JSON format and sends it to the cloud tools and Kafka.

The AMX application can be deployed only on a V Series Node and can be connected to Application Metadata Intelligence running on a physical node or a virtual machine. The AMX application and the AMI are managed by GigaVUE-FM. This application is supported on VMware ESXi, VMware NSX-T, AWS and Azure.

Kafka Export

The Kafka export can be used to ingest AMI data on on-prem tools or data warehouse.

 

When deploying this application in VMware NSX-T, create a monitoring domain with the Setup NSX-T toggle button disabled. Even if your V Series node is a part of VMware NSX-T host, you can still deploy it in VMware ESXi monitoring domain. Refer to Sharing the Same Host across Different Monitoring Domains topic in the GigaVUE Cloud Suite for VMware—GigaVUE V Series Guide for more detailed information.

To configure an Application Metadata ExporterAMX application do the following:

Step No Task Refer the following topics

1

Create a Monitoring Domain

Create Monitoring Domain topic in the respective GigaVUE Cloud Suite Configuration Guides.

2

Deploying GigaVUE V Series Node

Note:   AMX application is deployed on this V Series node.

Configure GigaVUE Fabric Components in GigaVUE‑FM topic in the respective GigaVUE Cloud Suite Configuration Guides.

3

 

  • Creating Environment and Connections.

  • Deploy GigaVUE V Series Nodes.

Note:  This V Series Node is used for creating Application Intelligence Session.

  • Create Application Intelligence Session.

Configure Application Intelligence Solutions on GigaVUE V Series Nodes topic in the respective GigaVUE Cloud Suite Configuration Guides.

4

Add Application Metadata Intelligence Session

Create Metadata Intelligence by Editing Monitoring Session from Dashboard

5

Create a Monitoring Session

Create Monitoring Session topic in the respective GigaVUE Cloud Suite Configuration Guides.

6

Add Applications to the Monitoring Session

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GigaVUE V Series Applications Guide

7

View Monitoring Session Statistics

View Monitoring Session Statistics topic in the respective GigaVUE Cloud Suite Configuration Guides.

AMX Application Deployment

AMX application can be deployed on:

o   Hardware
o   Virtual (VMware)

On-Premises

Hardware

In hardware deployments, the Application Metadata Intelligence (AMI) runs on a physical node/cluster, and the AMX application is deployed on a V Series 2 Node running on VMware ESXi. The output from the AMI in CEF format is sent to the AMX application in V Series Node. The performance of the device and the application is managed by GigaVUE-FM. The following devices support the integration of AMX application:

  • GigaVUE-HC1
  • GigaVUE-HC2
  • GigaVUE-HC3

 

Private Cloud (VMware)

In the Private Cloud environment, the application is supported only on VMware and can be deployed in the VMware as shown in the diagram.

 

Note:  The application is not supported on Nutanix or OpenStack environment.

Public Cloud

In the Public Cloud environment, the application is supported on AWS and Azure platforms, and can be deployed as shown in the diagram: