Navigating the Setup and Config Page

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This section describes how to navigate the Setup and Config page in SL1.

Use the following menu options to navigate the SL1 user interface:

  • To view a pop-out list of menu options, click the menu icon ().
  • To view a page containing all of the menu options, click the Advanced menu icon ().

The steps to navigate the Setup and Config page are described throughout this section.

What is the Setup and Config Page?

The Setup and Config page () displays all information relevant to getting started in SL1 for administrator-level users. Included on this page are a number of intuitive self-service workflows that will guide you through the most common SL1 system tasks. You can access this page through left-hand navigation menu in SL1.

This page is designed with informational cards that provide you with the proper resources for SL1 setup and configuration.

Image of the Setup and Config page

The page's informational cards include:

  • Get Started. Displays a list of available user journeys and their journey status.
  • Resources. Hosts additional external resources to help you with setup and configuration; these links include:
  • Training Portal
  • ScienceLogic Support
  • Overview. Provides links to two user journeys. These journeys include guided tours and interactive wizards that help you set up and refine your SL1 environment:
  • Take a Tour of SL1
  • Discover and Monitor Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure
  • Next Steps. Contains links to other pages in SL1 where you can continue working after completing some or all of a journey:
  • Manage Devices
  • Manage Collector Groups
  • Manage Organizations
  • Manage Users
  • Manage Access Hooks

Setup and Config Journey Workflows

This section provides the information you need to follow the Setup and Config user journeys.

Taking a Tour of SL1

The first journey you can view in the Overview information card is the Take a Tour of SL1 journey. This journey provides you a space to track your progress as you learn the SL1 system.

To update your Take a Tour of SL1 status:

  1. Click the arrow (>) button next to the status in the Take a Tour of SL1 journey card.
  2. As you progress in familiarity with the product, click to update the status button drop-down; you can select In Progress or Complete.
    Your selected status then updates and appears across the entire workflow and Setup and Config pages.

Discover and Monitor Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure

The second journey card available allows you to onboard AWS, Azure, or VMware applications in order to begin data collection. The workflow for each application provides a checklist of onboarding workflow activities.

To onboard your hybrid cloud infrastructure:

  1. Click the arrow (>) next to the status button in the Discover and Monitor Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure journey card.

  2. Click the arrow (>) to select your service console.
  3. A checklist of activities appears. Click the pop-out button to complete each individual activity for your specific console (i.e. AWS in the below image). The pop-out button then points you to an SL1 Product Documentation page with the relevant information to walk-through the on-boarding activity.
  4. The Deploy Collector and Discover Infrastructure workflow activities point you to the appropriate on-boarding wizard for each individual activity. For these two activities, find their relevant walk-through information in these sections:

  1. Once you have completed the activities and their wizards, you can return to the workflow pictured below and mark your progress as Complete. The workflow status updates in both the Discover and Monitor Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure journey card and the Get Started information card.

When you update the activity status to In Progress, the workflow status updates in both the Discover and Monitor Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure journey card and the Get Started information card as well.