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# 🐳 Docker Monitoring Agent
Monitor Docker and Podman hosts alongside your Proxmox infrastructure.
## 🚀 Quick Start
Generate an installation command in the UI:
**Settings → Agents → Docker Agents → "Install New Agent"**
### Standard Install
```bash
curl -fsSL http://<pulse-ip>:7655/install-docker-agent.sh | \
sudo bash -s -- --url http://<pulse-ip>:7655 --token <api-token>
```
*Creates a `pulse-docker-agent` systemd service.*
### Podman (Rootless)
```bash
curl -fsSL http://<pulse-ip>:7655/install-container-agent.sh | \
bash -s -- --runtime podman --rootless --url http://<pulse-ip>:7655 --token <api-token>
```
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## 📊 Features
- **Container Metrics**: CPU, Memory, Network, Disk I/O.
- **Health Checks**: Tracks container health status and restart loops.
- **Swarm Support**: Auto-detects Swarm mode and reports service/task data.
- **Multi-Target**: Can report to multiple Pulse servers for HA.
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## ⚙️ Configuration
The agent is configured via flags or environment variables (in `/etc/pulse/pulse-docker-agent.env`).
| Flag | Env Var | Description | Default |
|------|---------|-------------|---------|
| `--url` | `PULSE_URL` | Pulse Server URL | `http://localhost:7655` |
| `--token` | `PULSE_TOKEN` | API Token (scope: `docker:report`) | *(required)* |
| `--interval` | `PULSE_INTERVAL` | Polling Interval | `30s` |
| `--runtime` | `PULSE_RUNTIME` | `docker` or `podman` | `docker` |
| `--collect-disk` | `PULSE_COLLECT_DISK` | Monitor container disk usage | `true` |
<details>
<summary><strong>Advanced: Run as Container</strong></summary>
You can run the agent as a container instead of a system service.
```bash
docker run -d \
--name pulse-agent \
--pid=host --uts=host \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-e PULSE_URL="http://pulse:7655" \
-e PULSE_TOKEN="<token>" \
ghcr.io/rcourtman/pulse-docker-agent:latest
```
</details>
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## ⚠️ Troubleshooting
- **Agent Rejected?**
If a host was previously removed, you must "Allow re-enroll" in **Settings → Docker → Removed Hosts**.
- **Permission Denied (Socket)?**
Ensure the `pulse-docker` user is in the `docker` group (`sudo usermod -aG docker pulse-docker`).
- **Duplicate Hosts?**
If agents flip-flop in the UI, they share a machine-id. Set a unique `--agent-id` flag.

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# 🖥️ Host Agent
Monitor standalone Linux, macOS, and Windows servers that don't run Proxmox or Docker.
## 🚀 Quick Start
Generate an installation command in the UI:
**Settings → Agents → Host Agents → "Install New Agent"**
### Linux (Universal)
```bash
curl -fsSL http://<pulse-ip>:7655/install-host-agent.sh | \
bash -s -- --url http://<pulse-ip>:7655 --token <api-token>
```
*Supports systemd, OpenRC, and Unraid.*
### macOS
```bash
curl -fsSL http://<pulse-ip>:7655/install-host-agent.sh | \
bash -s -- --url http://<pulse-ip>:7655 --token <api-token>
```
*Installs as a LaunchAgent.*
### Windows (PowerShell)
```powershell
$env:PULSE_URL = "http://<pulse-ip>:7655"
$env:PULSE_TOKEN = "<api-token>"
irm http://<pulse-ip>:7655/install-host-agent.ps1 | iex
```
*Installs as a Windows Service.*
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## 📊 Features
- **System Metrics**: CPU, Memory, Disk, Network I/O.
- **Temperature**: Auto-detects sensors via `lm-sensors` (Linux).
- **RAID Monitoring**: Auto-detects `mdadm` arrays (Linux).
- **Smart Alerts**: Integrated with Pulse's alerting engine.
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## ⚙️ Configuration
The agent is a single binary configured via flags.
| Flag | Description | Default |
|------|-------------|---------|
| `--url` | Pulse Server URL | `http://localhost:7655` |
| `--token` | API Token (scope: `host-agent:report`) | *(required)* |
| `--interval` | Polling Interval | `30s` |
| `--hostname` | Override Hostname | *(OS hostname)* |
| `--agent-id` | Unique Agent ID | *(machine-id)* |
<details>
<summary><strong>Advanced: Manual Installation</strong></summary>
Download the binary from [Releases](https://github.com/rcourtman/Pulse/releases) and run it manually:
```bash
# Linux / macOS
sudo ./pulse-host-agent --url http://pulse:7655 --token <token> --interval 30s
# Windows
.\pulse-host-agent.exe --url http://pulse:7655 --token <token>
```
To run as a service, create a systemd unit or use `sc.exe` on Windows.
</details>
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## ⚠️ Troubleshooting
- **Duplicate Hosts?**
If cloned VMs show up as the same host, they likely share a `/etc/machine-id`.
Run `sudo rm /etc/machine-id && sudo systemd-machine-id-setup` to fix.
- **No Temperature Data?**
Ensure `lm-sensors` is installed and configured (`sudo sensors-detect`).
- **Check Status**
Go to **Settings → Agents → Host Agents** to verify connection status.

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2. Import your latest backup.
3. Restored in < 5 minutes.
## 📋 Post-Migration Checklist
Because authentication secrets are excluded from exports, you must:
1. **Re-create Admin User**: If not using `.env` overrides, create your admin account on the new instance.
2. **Re-issue API Tokens**:
* Go to **Settings → Security**.
* Generate new tokens for your agents and scripts.
3. **Update Agents**:
* **Unified Agent**: Update the `--token` flag in your service definition.
* **Docker**: Update `PULSE_TOKEN` in your container config.
* *Tip: You can use the "Install New Agent" wizard to generate updated install commands.*
## 🔒 Security
* **Encryption**: Exports are encrypted with PBKDF2 (100k iterations).

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## 📡 Monitoring & Agents
- **[Docker Monitoring](DOCKER_MONITORING.md)** Docker/Podman agent installation.
- **[Host Agent](HOST_AGENT.md)** Host agent installers for Linux, macOS, Windows.
- **[Unified Agent](UNIFIED_AGENT.md)** Single binary for Host and Docker monitoring.
- **[VM Disk Monitoring](VM_DISK_MONITORING.md)** Enabling QEMU Guest Agent for disk stats.
- **[Temperature Monitoring](TEMPERATURE_MONITORING.md)** Setting up hardware sensors.
- **[Webhooks](WEBHOOKS.md)** Custom notification payloads.