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Follow these steps to enable the automatic placement of hosts based on their geolocation:

  1. Create two custom host attributes like described here: Custom attributes

    one attribute will be named "lat" and the other one "long."

    Screenshot of edit host attributes. Add to monitoring configuration. Make this custom attribute available to check commands.

    Screenshot of edit host attributes. Add to monitoring configuration. Make this custom attribute available to check commands.


    Note

    You need to select the Checkbox "Add to monitoring configuration" to make both attributes available for NagVis.


  2. Start adding the information to your hosts; you need at least one with coordinates configured.

  3. Navigate to NagVis and create a new map of the type 'Geographical map (non-interactive).'

  4. Go to Edit MapMap Options

  5. On the rider 'Geomap,' change the source type to 'NagVis Backend' and save the settings.

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