Add a probe to N-able N-central

When you install N-central, you can set up customers and clients and add probes. Probes let you monitor devices on a client’s network.

You must download and install the probe software. However, you can configure probes before installing the software.

Windows probes can monitor and manage the following:

  • WMI
  • ICMP
  • SNMP
  • Syslog-based services
  • TCP/IP services
  • Asset-discovery tasks.

For installation instructions, see Installing a Windows probe.

You can do this procedure only at the Customer or Site level.

To add a probe to N-central:

  1. Go to Administration > Probes, then select Add.
  2. Select the customer.
  3. Enter a Name and Description.
  4. Select the System Communication tab and complete the required fields.

    Download the probe software. Note the activation key. You will need it during installation.

  5. Select the Caching tab and update the settings as needed. For more information on caching, see Data Persistence with Windows probes.
  6. Select Save.

A new probe is added to N-able N-central. You can now install the probe software on a customer server and configure it using the activation key and information for N-able N-central

To edit probe settings later, go to Administration > Probes and select the probe name from the list.