Uploaded January 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Building your own server monitoring dashboard manually can be tedious and time consuming. PRTG is a great solution allowing you to monitor your environment with automatic scans of your infrastructure and adds relevant monitoring sensors automatically. It is completely agentless and can provide tremendous value in your environment in no time. You have got to check out the server monitoring dashboard I have created with PRTG!
Download and try out PRTG here: paessler.com/prtg/download
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
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Introduction to server dashboards - 0:00
Introduction to PRTG - 0:48
Describing the PRTG free 100 sensor free environment - 1:02
Overview of PRTG monitoring, sensors, - 1:38
Agentless solution so you don't have to install agents across your environment - 2:15
Monitoring with common protocols - 2:45
Sensor-based solution with preconfigured sensors - 3:00
Automated network discovery and automatic adding of sensors - 3:20
Overview of installing PRTG and no Linux Server installation option - 3:42
Walking through downloading the installation file and kicking off the installation - 4:15
Beginning the installation using the downloaded installer - 4:37
Local web server displays status - 5:23
Logging into the server with the default account - 5:38
PRTG automatically starts a network discovery and adds relevant sensors - 5:49
Overview of the PRTG desktop component - 6:13
Downloading the PRTG desktop solution and viewing the compatible OS'es - 6:38
Installing PRTG desktop - 7:20
Connecting to your PRTG server with the PRTG desktop - 7:38
Changing to dark mode in PRTG desktop - 8:05
Accessing PRTG server using the PRTG desktop solution - 8:28
Looking at the automatically added sensors from the network scan - 8:41
Looking around my "production" PRTG installation in the homelab - 9:23
Concluding thoughts on server monitoring dashboards with PRTG - 10:51
Yacht vs. Portainer - Docker dashboard comparison:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/yacht-vs-portainer-docker-dashboard-comparison
Home lab dashboard with Dashy:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/09/home-lab-dashboard-with-dashy
K3s Traefik Dashboard enable and configuration:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/05/k3s-traefik-dashboard-enable-and-configuration
Building your own server monitoring dashboard manually can be tedious and time consuming. PRTG is a great solution allowing you to monitor your environment with automatic scans of your infrastructure and adds relevant monitoring sensors automatically. It is completely agentless and can provide tremendous value in your environment in no time. You have got to check out the server monitoring dashboard I have created with PRTG!
Download and try out PRTG here: paessler.com/prtg/download
Subscribe to the channel: youtube.com/channel/UCrxcWtpd1IGHG9RbD_9380A?sub_confirmation=1
My blog:
virtualizationhowto.com
_____________________________________________________
Social Media:
twitter.com/vspinmaster
LinkedIn:
linkedin.com/in/brandon-lee-vht
Github:
github.com/brandonleegit
Introduction to server dashboards - 0:00
Introduction to PRTG - 0:48
Describing the PRTG free 100 sensor free environment - 1:02
Overview of PRTG monitoring, sensors, - 1:38
Agentless solution so you don't have to install agents across your environment - 2:15
Monitoring with common protocols - 2:45
Sensor-based solution with preconfigured sensors - 3:00
Automated network discovery and automatic adding of sensors - 3:20
Overview of installing PRTG and no Linux Server installation option - 3:42
Walking through downloading the installation file and kicking off the installation - 4:15
Beginning the installation using the downloaded installer - 4:37
Local web server displays status - 5:23
Logging into the server with the default account - 5:38
PRTG automatically starts a network discovery and adds relevant sensors - 5:49
Overview of the PRTG desktop component - 6:13
Downloading the PRTG desktop solution and viewing the compatible OS'es - 6:38
Installing PRTG desktop - 7:20
Connecting to your PRTG server with the PRTG desktop - 7:38
Changing to dark mode in PRTG desktop - 8:05
Accessing PRTG server using the PRTG desktop solution - 8:28
Looking at the automatically added sensors from the network scan - 8:41
Looking around my "production" PRTG installation in the homelab - 9:23
Concluding thoughts on server monitoring dashboards with PRTG - 10:51
Yacht vs. Portainer - Docker dashboard comparison:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/12/yacht-vs-portainer-docker-dashboard-comparison
Home lab dashboard with Dashy:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/09/home-lab-dashboard-with-dashy
K3s Traefik Dashboard enable and configuration:
virtualizationhowto.com/2022/05/k3s-traefik-dashboard-enable-and-configuration
