Signup

• Sign Up for a Trial: Complete the trial signup process on the main Kentik website.
• Account Activation: Activate your new account from the confirmation email.
• Initial Setup Login: If you're the first user from your organization, start setting up Kentik.

Login

• Basic Login: Access the Kentik portal.
• Two-factor Login: Enable another layer of security for portal access.

Authentication Settings

• Add YubiKey: Register a YubiKey for portal access.
• Add TOTP: Register a TOTP authenticator for portal access.

General Setup Tasks

• Invite Users: Enable colleagues in your team or organization to become Kentik users.
• Define Network Boundaries: Use source and destination information for IPs and ASes to determine the direction of network traffic with respect to your network.
• Performance Monitoring Setup: Start synthetic testing (see also the Synthetics tab).

Device Initial Setup

• Starting Device Setup: Create a device in Kentik to receive flow data from a router.
• Device General Information: Complete general settings for a device in Kentik.
• Device Flow Setup: Complete flow data settings for a device in Kentik.
• Device SNMP Setup: Complete SNMP settings for a device in Kentik.
• Device BGP Setup: Complete BGP settings for a device in Kentik.

Note: To add devices or change device settings outside of the initial setup workflow, see Devices on the Sources tab.

Fix Device Issues

• Using Device Status: Identify issues with the settings or configuration of a device.

Cloud Initial Setup

• Starting Cloud Setup: Set up a cloud export in Kentik to receive flow logs from a public cloud resource.
• AWS Cloud Export Settings: Manual setup of a Kentik cloud export for an AWS resource.
• AWS Automated Setup: Use Terraform to set up a cloud export for an AWS resource.
• Azure Cloud Setup: Coming soon.
• GCP Cloud Setup: Overview of the workflow for onboarding a GCP cloud in Kentik.
• OCI Cloud Setup: Overview of the workflow for onboarding an OCI Cloud resource.

Note: To add cloud exports or change cloud export settings outside of the initial setup workflow, see also Clouds on the Sources tab.

Help and Support

• Portal Help and Support: Get contextual help or submit a support or feature request.

kproxy

• kproxy Setup: Route flow and SNMP to kproxy.
• kproxy Docker Install: Install kproxy via Docker.
• kproxy Package Install: Install kproxy as a Debian/Ubuntu or RPM (CentOS/RHEL) package.
• Install kproxy by running a service definition with systemd.:
• Using Syslog Data: The setup workflow for using syslog data in Kentik.
• Add kproxy Agent: Deploy kproxy from the portal's kproxy Agents page.

kprobe

• kprobe Download and Install: Install the kprobe executable on a host.

kbgp

• kbgp Docker Install: Install the kbgp proxy agent via Docker.
• kbgp Package Install: Install a kbgp package, then configure and run via systemd.

kappa

• Kubernetes Agents Deployment: Install Kentik agents to monitor Kubernetes using eBPF.

ksynth

• See App Agent on the Synthetics tab.

ktranslate

• ktranslate Download and Install: Enable Kentik Firehose by installing the ktranslate agent via Docker.
• Firehose Data Sources: Send kflow for a data source from Kentik to ktranslate.

Manage Devices

• Customize Device List: Specify the columns of the table on the Devices page.
• Add a Device: Register a network device (e.g. router or switch) in Kentik.
• Edit a Device: Edit the settings of an already registered device.
• Remove a Device: Stop collecting traffic data from a device.
• Enable BGP: Enable Kentik to get BGP data fro traffic on a device.
• Enabling SNMP Polling: Enable Kentik to poll a device for SNMP data.
• Using SNMP V3: Set a Kentik-polled device to use SNMP v3.
• Verifying SNMP Polling: Check that Kentik is able to poll a device for SNMP data.

Cloud General Settings

• Add a Cloud Export: Configure the export of flow logs from a cloud provider into Kentik.
• Edit a Cloud Export: Change the settings of an existing cloud export.

AWS Setup

• AWS Logging Setup Overview: A summary of bringing flow logs from AWS into Kentik.
• Bucket Creation: Establish a container in which to collect flow logs for access by Kentik.
• Configure Log Publishing: Configure a VPC to publish logs to a bucket.
• Check Log Creation: Confirm that the VPC is publishing logs to the bucket.
• Check Log Contents: Access flow logs manually to examine the contents.
• Create Policy for Role: Create a policy in the AWS console.
• Attach Policy to Role: Create a new role to attach the policy to.
• Configure the AWS Role: Set permissions that allow Kentik’s AWS services to access your AWS resources.
• Create a Primary Policy: Create a policy that enables access to a primary account.
• Create a Primary Role: Assign a policy to a role in a primary account.
• Create Secondary Policies: Create policies that enable access to secondary accounts.
• Create Secondary Roles: Assign policies to roles in secondary accounts.
• Configure a Cloud Export: Create a cloud export in Kentik to bring in flow logs from an AWS bucket.
• Create Path Health Test: In Kentik's Cloud Performance Monitor, test the health of a path between a VPC and a customer gateway.

Azure Setup

• Azure Logging Setup Overview: A summary of bringing flow logs from Azure into Kentik.
• Check Azure Role: Confirm that your role lets you grant needed permissions to Kentik.
• Find Azure Subscription ID: Find the ID for the directory from which to export flow logs.
• Find Resource Group and Location: Find the Resource Group and Location of assets.
• Authorize Access to Azure: Permit NSG Flow Exporter to access your logged assets.
• Specify Azure Resources: Tell Kentik where to find the logged resources.
• Generate PowerShell Script: Get a PowerShell script that sets Azure to export flow logs.
• Configure Using PowerShell: Run the PowerShell script in Azure.
• Specify Export Settings: Specify general settings for an Azure cloud export.
• Validate Azure Setup: Validate a flow log export configuration.

GCP Setup

• GCP Process Overview: A summary of bringing flow logs from GCP into Kentik.
• Enable VPC Flow Logs: Enable flow logs on an existing subnet.
• Create a New Topic: Configure a sink for the export of logs to a Pub/Sub topic.
• Create a Pull Subscription: Configure a subscription enabling access to published logs.
• Set Permissions: Allow Kentik to access a log subscription.
• Grant Metadata Access: Enable Kentik to include a cloud export on the Kentik Map.
• Create a Kentik Cloud Export: Bring log data from a GCP subscription into Kentik.

OCI Setup

• OCI Logging Setup Overview: A summary of bringing flow logs from OCI into Kentik.
• Create an OCI User: Create a user representing the Kentik cloud export tool.
• Create an OCI User Group: Create a user group for the cloud export user.
• Configure an API Key: Add the Kentik public key to the cloud export user.
• Create an OCI Policy: Provide permissions enabling the export tool to read flow logs.
• Configure an OCI Bucket: Create a bucket in which to collect flow logs.
• Enable Flow Logs: Specify what OCI flow logs will be captured.
• Configure an OCI Connector: Specify a bucket as a destination for flow logs.
• Create a Kentik Cloud Export: Copy OCI console info to the Monitor your OCI Cloud page.
• Flow Log Collection: Specify the flow log collection fields.
• Name this Cloud Export: Complete and save OCI cloud export settings.

Connectivity Checker

• Add a Report: Save a cloud connectivity report from Connectivity Checker.
• Add a Report From Kentik Map: Save a cloud connectivity report from Kentik Map.
• Remove a Report: Remove a saved cloud report from Connectivity Checker.

Observation Deck

• Add or Remove Visualizations: Change the visualizations that are displayed.
• Change Visualization Layout: Change the appearance of the display area.

Kentik Map

• Site Architecture: Define a site's architecture to optimize visualization of topology.
• Exclude Interfaces from Map: Reduce visual clutter and improve map clarity.

Library

• Adding a View Category: Use Library categories to group dashboards and saved views.

Dashboards

• Add a Dashboard: Add a new dashboard.
• Edit a Dashboard: Edit the settings of an existing dashboard.
• Adding Dashboard Panels: Add a new panel to a dashboard.
• Add Panel From Explorer: Add a Data Explorer view to a dashboard.
• Editing Dashboard Panels: Modify an existing panel on a dashboard.
• Adding Dashboard Navigation: Enable navigation from a panel to another dashboard.

Saved Views

• Add a View Category: Add a category to assign to views in the Library.
• Create a View: Create a new saved view.
• Edit View Properties: Modify the properties of an existing saved view.
• Edit View Query: Modify the query whose results are rendered in a saved view.

My Kentik Portal

• MKP User Activation: Add a user to an MKP tenant.
• Configure Tenant Portal: Define the portal experience for your MKP tenants.
• Add a Tenant: Add a new tenant to your MKP.
• Edit a Tenant: Modify the properties of an existing tenant.
• Add a Package: Create a set of views and policies to assign to tenants.
• Edit a Package: Modify the settings of an existing package.
• Tenant Notifications Access: Access alert notification settings in an MKP tenant portal.

Network Explorer

• Using the Filters Control: Tailor the results shown in tables and graphs.

Data Explorer

• Add Data Sources: Choose data sources for a query using the Data Sources Dialog.
• Choosing Query Dimensions: Choose group-by dimensions for a query.
• Using Multiple Dimensions: Use multiple group-by dimensions in a query.
• Setting a Filter-based Dimension: Set a filter-based dimension for a query.
• Using Matrix View: Use Data Explorer's Matrix view type.

Capacity Planning

• Using Capacity Planning: Create a capacity plan and its interface groups.

Insights

• Manage Insights Settings: Configure settings for your organization's insights.

Raw Flow Explorer

• Define a Raw Flow Query: Coming soon.

Traffic Engineering

• Using Traffic Engineering: See how BGP routing changes impact interface utilization.

Connectivity Costs

• Enabling Connectivity Costs: Set up the Connectivity Costs module.
• Connectivity Traffic Calculation: See the cost impact of external traffic.

Discover Peers

• Using the Discover Peers Page: Identify remote networks to target for peering.
• Using the Potential Peer Page: See information about an individual potential peer.

Alerting

• Adding a Policy: Create an alert policy using the Add Policy page.
• Add a Query-based Policy: Build a time-limited alert policy in Data Explorer.
• Clone a Policy: Create an alert policy by duplicating an existing policy.
• Edit a Policy: Modify an existing alert policy.
• Disable or Enable a Policy: Disable a policy or enable a previously disabled policy.
• Remove a Policy: Remove an alert policy from your organization's collection of policies.
• Policy Templates Access: Access the Policy Templates page.
• Clone a Policy Template: Create an editable policy from a Kentik-provided template.

Mitigation

• Start a Manual Mitigation: Apply mitigation that's not triggered by an alert policy.
• Stop a Manual Mitigation: Halt a currently active manual mitigation.
• RTBH Mitigation Workflow: Create, configure, and deploy an RTBH Mitigation.
• Configuring Flowspec Mitigation: Create, configure, and deploy a Flowspec Mitigation.
• Third-party Mitigation Workflow: Set up Kentik-supported 3rd-party mitigations.
• Cloudflare MT Setup: Configure a mitigation using Cloudflare Magic Transit.

CDN Analytics

• Enabling CDN Attribution: See cost and performance for CDN traffic.

OTT Service Tracking

• Configure OTT Thresholds: Coming soon.

Kentik Market Intelligence

• Configure KMI: Coming soon.

Synthetics App Agent

• App Agent Setup Stages: Overview of App Agent setup.
• App Agent Package Install: Install ksynth using a Debian-based or RPM-based package.
• App Agent Docker Install: Install ksynth using Docker.
• Activate App Agent: Activate an installed instance ksynth.
• Register App Agent: Register a ksynth instance that was installed without a company ID.

Note: The App Agent replaces the Network Agent, which has been deprecated as of December 2022.

Synthetics Tests

• Add a Test: Create a new Synthetics test in the Test Control Center.
• Edit a Test: Modify an existing test in the Test Control Center.
• Copy a Test: Duplicate an existing test and modify it into a new test.
• Remove a Test: Delete a test from your organization's collection of tests.
• Create a Transaction Script: Create a Transaction test from a Puppeteer script.
• Validate a Transaction Script: Check a Transaction test script against requirements.
• View Transaction Results: See results from a Transaction test.

NMS Setup Overview

• NMS Quick Start: A high-level overview of getting started with NMS.

NMS Deploy & Discover

• NMS Setup Wizard: Deploy the NMS agent and choose devices to monitor.

Set Visualizations

• Add a Visualization: Add a visualization to the NMS Dashboard display area.
• Remove a Visualization: Remove a visualization from the NMS Dashboard display area.

Query Assistant

• Using Query Assistant: Query NMS metrics using natural language.

Up/Down Policies

• Add an Up/Down Policy: Alert on the state of a monitored entity.

NMS Threshold Policies

• Add an NMS Threshold Policy: Use NMS metrics in a threshold-based policy.

Interfaces

• Add an Interface: Manually add interfaces and hosts that aren't configured for SNMP.
• Edit an Interface: Edit the settings of SNMP-discovered or manually-added interfaces.
• Remove an Interface: Remove an interface from the Interfaces list.

Sites

• View Site Devices: See the devices assigned to a given site.
• Add a Site: Create a new site representing a physical location like a data center.
• Edit a Site: Edit the properties of an existing site.

Interface Classification

• Using Interface Classification: Classify the types of interfaces through which traffic enters and leaves your network.

Network Classification

• Configuring Network Classification: Set up to determine traffic direction (inbound, outbound, through, internal).
• Network Directionality Use Case: Find the origin (inside or outside) of traffic.
• Host Directionality Use Case: On a host, distinguish incoming traffic from outgoing.

Labels

• Add a Label: Add a new label to your organization’s collection of labels.
• Edit a Label: Modify the settings for an existing label.
• Remove a Label: Remove a label from your organization's collection of labels.
• Label a Device: Apply a label to a data source.
• Remove Label from Device: Remove a label from a data source.

AS Groups

• Add an AS Group: Create a group to refer to a set of ASes collectively.
• Edit an AS Group: Change a group's name or member ASes.
• Remove an AS Group: Remove a group from your organization’s collection of AS groups.

Custom Dimensions

• Custom Dimension Dialogs: Add or edit dimensions and populators.
• Add a Custom Dimension: Add a new custom dimension.
• Edit a Custom Dimension: Edit an existing custom dimension.
• Add a Populator: Add a populator to a manually created custom dimension.
• Edit a Populator: Edit a populator of a manually created custom dimension.
• Regenerate Populators: Update populators based on AWS or Azure tags.

Custom Applications

• Add a Custom Application: Define an application (based on protocol, port number, IP address, and/or ASN) to associate with network traffic flows.
• Edit a Custom Application: Modify an existing custom application.

Custom Geos

• Adding a Custom Geo: Assign countries to custom groups for use in queries.
• Editing a Custom Geo: Modify an existing custom geo.

Custom DNS

• Add a Custom DNS Server: Specify the IP of one or more alternate DNS servers.
• Edit a Custom DNS Server: Modify settings for an existing custom DNS.
• Remove a Custom DNS Server: Remove a custom DNS from your organization.
• Verify a Custom DNS Server: Confirm that an IP address works for reverse DNS lookup.

Flow Tags

• Adding a Flow Tag: Create a tag to apply to flow records ingested into Kentik.
• Editing a Flow Tag: Modify an existing flow tag.

View Sharing

• Internal Share Link: Get a URL to share internally with Kentik-registered users.
• Share by Email: Send a report to specified recipients.
• Share by Subscription: Email a report to recipients on a specified schedule.

Subscriptions

• Add a Subscription: Create a recipient set and schedule report sharing.
• Edit a Subscription: Modify an existing subscription.
• Remove a Subscription: Remove a subscription from your organization.

Users

• Add a User: Register a colleague as a user within your organization.
• Edit a User: Modify the properties of an existing user.
• Remove a User: Remove a user from your organization's collection of Kentik users.
• Assign Roles to a User: Assign RBAC roles to one or more users.
• Remove Roles from a User: Remove an RBAC role from a user.

RBAC Roles

• Add a Role: Create a custom RBAC role in your organization.
• View a Role: See an existing role's permissions and assigned users.
• Remove a Role: Remove a custom role from your organization’s list of roles.
• Manage Role Permissions: Assign and remove permissions for a custom role.
• Assign a Custom Role: Assign an existing custom role to a user.
• Assign a Kentik-Managed Role: Assign a Kentik-managed role to a user.
• Remove Roles from Users: Remove an RBAC role from a user.

Single Sign-on

• Migrating to SSO: Transition from plain authentication to single sign-on.

Access Control

• Add an Exception Group: Specify a set of IPs and subnets that can access Kentik.
• Edit an Exception Group: Modify an existing exception group.
• Remove an Exception Group: Remove an exception group from your organization.

Notifications

• Add or Edit Notification: Create or modify a notification channel.
• Enable or Disable Notification: Disable an enabled notification channel, or vice versa.
• Microsoft Teams Settings: Create a Microsoft Teams notification channel in Kentik.
• OpsGenie Notification Settings: Create an OpsGenie notification channel in Kentik.
• PagerDuty Notification Settings: Create a PagerDuty notification channel in Kentik.
• ServiceNow Notification Settings: Create a ServiceNow notification channel in Kentik.
• Slack Notification Troubleshooting: Check why you're not getting notifications via Slack.
• Splunk Notification Settings: Create a Splunk notification channel in Kentik.
• VictorOps Notification Settings: Create a VictorOps notification channel in Kentik.
• xMatters Notification Settings: Create an xMatters notification channel in Kentik.

Saved Filters

• Add a Saved Filter: Create a stored set of filters to apply to a query.
• Edit a Saved Filter: Modify an existing saved filter.

Silent Mode

• Add a Pattern: Coming soon.
• Edit a Pattern: Coming soon.

User Profile Settings

• Manage General Preferences: Specify theme, defaults, and notification preferences.
• Authentication Settings: See Signup & Login on the Setup tab.
• Visualization Color Palettes: Build a custom palette for visualizations.

PeeringDB

• Map Site to Facility: Map a Kentik-monitored site to a PeeringDB facility.
• Map Interface to Exchange: Map a Kentik-monitored interface to a PeeringDB exchange.
• Remove a Site Mapping: Remove a mapping from a site to a PeeringDB facility.
• Remove an Interface Mapping: Remove a mapping from an interface to an exchange.
• Remove All Mappings: Delete all custom mappings in the mapping table.

Manage Credentials

• Add Credential on CV Page: Add a new credential from the Credentials Vault page.
• Add SNMP Device Credential: Add a credential for SNMP in the Device settings dialog.
• Add ST Device Credential: Add a credential for Streaming Telemetry in Device settings.
• Edit a Credential: Edit the settings for an existing credential.
• Update a Credential Value: Update the value of a credential's key.
• Set HTTP Test Credentials: Use credentials to authenticate in Synthetics HTTP tests.
• Remove a Credential: Remove a credential from your organization’s Credentials Vault.

Credentials Tutorial

• Finding Header Elements: Find the information you'll need to create a credential.
• Creating a Credential: Create a new credential for a Synthetics test.
• Creating a Test: Create an API test in Synthetics that uses the credential.