Hey everyone,I’m setting up Centreon and I’ve hit a point where I’m confused about how Monitoring Connectors, plugins, and the GitHub plugin repo all relate — especially when it comes to licensing and offline environments.Here’s my current situation and questions: After a fresh install of Centreon, I could install some Monitoring Connectors (I think these are the default/free ones). But I also see many others greyed out — I assume those require a license? I understand that Monitoring Connectors (or Plugin Packs?) are templates that help configure services, but I’m not sure how they relate to the actual plugin scripts (like those in /usr/lib/centreon/plugins/). I also don’t really get the relationship with the GitHub repo (https://github.com/centreon/centreon-plugins). Can I just clone that repo and use it without a license? if I clone it will i be able to use all plugins and won’t need to install connectors/packs etc? If I do clone the GitHub repo, should I clone it on the Central server, on each poller, or both? If I do that, will that be enough to monitor hosts without requiring internet access later (since my pollers will soon be in an internal network without internet)? I’ve read some docs saying to use dnf install centreon-plugin-Cloud-Aws-Ec2-Api or similar — but that seems to imply a license too? Or does that work without one? I also noticed that even after installing Monitoring Connectors from the web UI, nothing shows up in /usr/lib/centreon/plugins/, which adds to my confusion. Does installing a connector not install the actual plugin scripts? So overall I’m really trying to figure out: What’s actually needed to get working plugin checks running, Whether I can work fully offline if I prep everything in advance, And how much of this is blocked by not having a Centreon commercial license. Thanks in advance — any clarification would help a lot! I also have an additional question:If i get the free 100 IT license and install some packs, will i be able to use them later even if i have more than 100 hosts? knowing i’ll go offline, or what exaclty, please help, for example i need the jenkins, F5 bigIP,paloalto and vmware vcenter ones, do i just install with the dnf command those scripts without the packs from the UI or?

Confused About Monitoring Connectors, Plugins, GitHub Repo & Licensing

Hey everyone,

I’m setting up Centreon and I’ve hit a point where I’m confused about how Monitoring Connectors, plugins, and the GitHub plugin repo all relate — especially when it comes to licensing and offline environments.

Here’s my current situation and questions:

After a fresh install of Centreon, I could install some Monitoring Connectors (I think these are the default/free ones). But I also see many others greyed out — I assume those require a license?
I understand that Monitoring Connectors (or Plugin Packs?) are templates that help configure services, but I’m not sure how they relate to the actual plugin scripts (like those in /usr/lib/centreon/plugins/).
I also don’t really get the relationship with the GitHub repo (https://github.com/centreon/centreon-plugins). Can I just clone that repo and use it without a license? if I clone it will i be able to use all plugins and won’t need to install connectors/packs etc?
If I do clone the GitHub repo, should I clone it on the Central server, on each poller, or both?
If I do that, will that be enough to monitor hosts without requiring internet access later (since my pollers will soon be in an internal network without internet)?
I’ve read some docs saying to use dnf install centreon-plugin-Cloud-Aws-Ec2-Api or similar — but that seems to imply a license too? Or does that work without one?
I also noticed that even after installing Monitoring Connectors from the web UI, nothing shows up in /usr/lib/centreon/plugins/, which adds to my confusion. Does installing a connector not install the actual plugin scripts?

So overall I’m really trying to figure out:

What’s actually needed to get working plugin checks running,
Whether I can work fully offline if I prep everything in advance,
And how much of this is blocked by not having a Centreon commercial license.

Thanks in advance — any clarification would help a lot!

I also have an additional question:

If i get the free 100 IT license and install some packs, will i be able to use them later even if i have more than 100 hosts? knowing i’ll go offline, or what exaclty, please help, for example i need the jenkins, F5 bigIP,paloalto and vmware vcenter ones, do i just install with the dnf command those scripts without the packs from the UI or?

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