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Manually Specifying the Server OS

For proper operation, the Grafana OS agent needs to know which operating system is running on the server. When an OS is installed from a template, the platform provides this information automatically. If the OS was installed by other means, you can specify the server's OS manually. For example, this is necessary if:

  • DCImanager was installed after all the operating systems were already deployed;
  • operating systems were installed from ISO images, not from templates;
  • a client reinstalled the OS or purchased an OS license after the server was ordered.

Specifying the Server OS

To specify the operating system: In the left-hand menu, click Servers → select the required server → open its details page. In the Basic Settings section, fill in the following fields:

  • Operating System: enter the OS name as text;
  • OS Tags: select from the available options; you can choose more than one.

For the Grafana agent dashboard to work correctly, you need to assign at least one tag that indicates the OS family: linux or windows. Additionally, you can specify a particular OS, for example, windows11 or ubuntu2204.

Grafana OS agent uses Linux as default. It will initialize dashboard for Linux if you leave the OS Tags field blank.

Example of OS Tags fields filled for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS

The article was last updated on 09.30.2025. The article was prepared by technical writers of ISPsystem