Creating a user for monitoring Nutanix prism

To connect to the Nutanix Prism and collect metrics from it, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a Prism user with the Viewer role. The steps for creating such a user are as follows:

• Open a browser and connect to the Prism console using the URL: http://<Prism_console_IP>:<Prism_Port>/console. If the Prism is SSL-enabled, then the URL will be: https://<Prism_console_IP>:<Prism_Port>/ console.

• Login to the console as a Cluster administrator or User administrator. The console will then appear.

• In the console tool bar, click on the down-arrow next to the settings tool to view the settings menu. From the menu, choose the User Management option.

• The User Management window will then appear. Click the New User button to create a new user.

• When the Create User dialog box appears, provide the details of the new user.

• When configuring the new user, make sure that the User Administrator and Cluster Administrator check boxes in the Create User dialog box are deselected. This is because, any user who is not assigned either of these roles will automatically assume the Viewer role.

• Finally, click the Save button to save the changes.

• The User Management window will then appear, wherein you can see that the new user has been successfully added, and that the Viewer role has been automatically assigned to this user.