Set up integrations

Welcome to the Set up integrations guide. This page introduces the Observability Agent, a powerful tool to help you ingest and monitor vital metrics from across your infrastructure.

Observability Agent overview

The Observability Agent by FusionReactor is built as a wrapper around Grafana Alloy, providing a simplified way to forward metrics from various parts of your tech stack to FusionReactor Cloud — all with minimal configuration.

Key features

Centralized Monitoring: Collect metrics from across your entire stack — ColdFusion, Java, databases, servers, containers, and more.
Simple Installation: Deploy quickly using FRAM, Docker, or install snippets.
Cloud Dashboards: Visualize data in Explore and the Integration Dashboards in FusionReactor Cloud.

Supported exporters

You can monitor a wide variety of infrastructure components using supported exporters, such as:

Databases (e.g., MSSQL)
Web Servers (IIS, Nginx)
System Metrics (CPU, memory, etc.)
Containers (e.g., Docker)
Orchestration Platforms (e.g., Kubernetes)
Messaging Systems (e.g., Kafka)

Info

Exporters may be embedded within the agent or require scraping, depending on the setup.

Getting started

Step 1: Generate an API Key

Head to your FusionReactor Cloud Account Settings to create an API key.

Step 2: Install the Observability Agent

Choose the appropriate installation method:

Info

For local servers, we recommend FRAM. For all other environments, Docker is preferred.

Viewing your metrics

Once installed, your metrics will appear in:

Explore
Integration Dashboards inside FusionReactor Cloud