This knowledgebase article shows you how to setup the SCOM backend data source plugin for Grafana
1. Make sure you have the SCOM Web Console installed.
2. Open IIS on the server that has the SCOM Web Console installed and click on the Web Site in which the SCOM Web Console is installed (Default Web Site in our example) (1), and then select the "OperationsManager" application (2). Now double click Authentication (3).
3. Make sure that "Basic Authentication" is enabled. Note: If you don't see basic authentication in the list, you can add it in Add/Remove Features.
4. Assuming you installed your Grafana server on Linux (our example uses Ubuntu 22.04), copy the plugin Zip file to your server.
Note: You can find more information on installing plugin's on this page: https://grafana.com/docs/grafana/latest/administration/plugin-management/#plugin-catalog
5. Now unzip the content of the ZIP file to the Grafana plugin directory by issuing the command below on your Grafana server.
sudo unzip /home/opslogix/opslogix-scompluginbyopslogix-datasource-1.0.0 -d /var/lib/grafana/plugins/
6. Restart the Grafana
sudo systemctl restart grafana-server
7. Open a browser and open Grafana with an admin account, the use the menu to navigate to Connections -> Data Sources.
8. In the Search box type "SCOM" and click the "SCOM Plugin by Opslogix"
9. Enter the server url for the SCOM Management Server on which the Web Console is installed, in the example it is https://devvm02.contoso.com. Then enter the user name and password in the appropriate fields. If you are connecting to a source with a self-signed TLS certificate, check the box to skip TLS cert validation. Click the "Save & test" button. If all is successful you will receive a message that the datasource is working.
10. The plugin is now configured and ready to be used for creating dashboards.