How-to Downloads
How-to downloads are step-by-step guides designed to help you perform common tasks in Kentik®. These guides aren’t intended to replace the Knowledge Base, but rather to provide a concise, high-level view. Each procedure is supplemented with links to KB topics that give greater depth and detail on the same subject.
Guides are currently available for download in the following categories:
Device Setup
The following guides cover setup procedures for onboarding devices to Kentik:
- Send Flow from Routers to Kentik: Step-by-step overview of configuring and registering a router for Kentik.
- Send Flow from Hosts to Kentik: Step-by-step overview of configuring and registering a host for Kentik.
- Encrypt Flow with Proxy Agent: Step-by-step overview of using Kentik’s kproxy to encrypt the flow sent to Kentik.
Library Views
The following guides cover the creation and management of views in the portal Library:
- Build a Basic Dashboard: Step-by-step overview of adding a dashboard in the portal Library, then adding a panel to the dashboard.
- Make a Dashboard from Data Explorer: Step-by-step overview of making a new dashboard from a view in Data Explorer, and then saving an Explorer view to a panel on an existing dashboard.