# PRTG Network Monitor
## **Configure PRTG Network Monitor for API Access:**
CloudFabrix supports PRTG Network Monitor API integration for fetching asset inventory, sensor data, metrics and historical alerts periodically or on demand. For API integration, it requires only read access permissions. Follow the below given steps to create service account for CloudFabrix AIOps solution with read-only permissions on PRTG Network Monitor tool.
**Step 1:** Login into PRTG Network Monitor using an user account which has privileges to create new user account and assign read-only permissions.
**Step 2:** Click on '**Setup**' menu, under '**System Administration**' , click on '**User Accounts**' to create a service account with readonly access permissions for CloudFabrix AIOps solution.
**Step 3:** Under '**User Accounts**' tab, click on **+** button & select '**Add User**' as shown in the below screen to create '**User Account**'
* Leave the default options (as shown in the below screen)
* **Email Notifications:** Select '**Do not receive any emails from the ticket system**'
* Click on '**Create**' button to create the user account with readonly permissions.
## Adding PRTG Network Monitor as Datasource/Extension in 'RDA':
Nagios XI or any other datasource/extension's configuration is configured in RDA's user interface. Login into RDA's user interface using a browser.
**https\://\:9998**
Under '**Notebook**', click on '**CFXDX Python 3**' box
In the '**Notebook**' command box, type **`botadmin()`** and **`alt (or option) + Enter`** to open datasource administration menu.
Click on '**Add**' menu and under **Type** drop down, select **`prtg`**
* **type**: Datasource/Extension type. In this context, it is '**prtg**'
* **name**: Datasource/Extension label which should be unique within the RDA
* **Hostname:** VMware vCenter's IP Address or DNS name
* **Username**: Username that was created in PRTG with 'read-only' permissions
* **Password:** User account's password
Click on '**Check Connectivity**' to verify the network access and credentials validity. Once it is validated, click on '**Add**' button to add the PRTG as a datasource.
Below are available data bots for PRTG datasource.
## PRTG exploration in '**RDA**':
Once PRTG integration details are configured in RDA as a datasource, it will be ready to connect to targe Nagios and explore the data for the analysis.
For the details on PRTG data collection bots, refer [**CloudFabrix RDA Bot documentation**](https://bot-docs.cloudfabrix.io/Bots/prtg/)**.**
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