Troubleshooting ControlUp API data collection for XenServer

This article describes ControlUp data collection for Citrix XenServer. Click here to learn how to add a Citrix Hypervisor (XenServer) integration.

The connection is established in two steps:

1. The XenServer (XS) pool master (or the XS configured in the hypervisor connection), defined as HTTPS, provides metadata such as the host names and VM names.
2. Following that connection we connect directly to each XS which is part of the pool - this connection is established via HTTP. By connecting directly to the Round Robin Databases (RRDs) and we get performance metrics directly from each XS. (via this address : http://<HOST>/rrd_updates?start=<TIME>&host=true