Patent ID: 11943295
Assignee: ELASTICSEARCH B.V.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A system for configuring and managing data shipper agents, the system comprising:
a memory;
a central agent management unit coupled to and in communication with the memory, the central agent management unit being configured to:
receive a list of one or more data shipper agents installed on one or more edge nodes associated with a user, wherein the one or more data shipper agents is configured to collect data from other network machines related to processes running on the one or more edge nodes and provide the data to a service provider platform;
provide a graphical user interface (GUI), the GUI being configured to enable the user to configure the one or more data shipper agents;
receive, via the GUI, from the user, selections of configuration parameters associated with at least one of the one or more data shipper agents, each of the configuration parameters representing one or more tasks assigned to the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents;
monitor a status of the one or more data shipper agents;
based on the monitoring, provide a notification to the user prompting the user to change the configuration parameters associated with the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents;
receive a configuration of the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents, the configuration being reconfigurable through the GUI using a configuration application programming interface (API), wherein a first portion of data to be collected by the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents is set in the configuration;
analyze the first portion of data and generate a plurality of recommendations based on the analyzing, the plurality of recommendations comprising advice to collect a second portion of more granular data connected to processes or services running on the one or more edge nodes to provide the user with details relevant to any processes running on the one or more edge nodes and with recommendations from the plurality of recommendations concerning both increasing system performance and improving security protection;
receive, via the GUI, from the user, a change to the selections of configuration parameters associated with the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents in response to the plurality of recommendations; and
based on the configuration parameters, automatically reconfigure the configuration of the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents, wherein the data to be collected by the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents are set in the configuration of the at least one of the one or more data shipper agents;

wherein the service provider platform including the central agent management unit is configured to:
receive, from the one or more data shipper agents, data collected by the one or more data shipper agents from the one or more edge nodes; and
provide one or more services with respect to the one or more edge nodes using the data collected by the one or more data shipper agents.