Core Concepts

Definitions of the main objects and terms used in octoja

Written By Erdinc Akay

Last updated About 2 months ago

This article defines the main objects and terms used in octoja, from customer structure to monitoring results.

Object hierarchy

The main objects are organised in a hierarchy:

IT Provider
Customer (the managed organisation)
Site (an office, branch, or location)
Device (a workstation, server, or other monitored system)
- Check (a recurring monitoring test)

Term	Definition
Customer	An organisation whose IT environment is managed in octoja
Site	A physical location such as an office, warehouse, or data centre
Device	A monitored computer, server, or other supported asset
Agent	The local service or application installed on a device for monitoring and communication
Check	A recurring test, for example disk space, service state, or SSL certificate expiry

For all other terms, see the glossary: All Terms A–Z.

An IT provider creates a customer record.
They add one or more sites and register or deploy agents on the relevant devices.
Checks run on those devices at defined intervals.
Checks report their results back to octoja, where you can see the current state at a glance.