
= Quick Start
:description: Overview of {page-component-title} quick start documentation.

This Quick Start guide assumes that you have already completed the xref:deployment:core/introduction.adoc[deployment steps], have xref:deployment:core/install.adoc[installed a {page-component-title} instance], and that you are able to connect to the web UI at `\http://<ip-or-fqdn-of-your-server>:8980/opennms`.

The guide includes steps to set up basic monitoring with {page-component-title}, and involves minimal configuration.
For more in-depth information on any topic, see the xref:deep-dive/introduction.adoc[Deep Dive] section.

== Introduction

After you have installed and started {page-component-title}, you should consider your monitoring goals.
Knowing what kind of information you want to collect will help focus your setup process.

{page-component-title} provides robust functionality out of the box, including (but not limited to) the following:

* Self-monitoring via JMX data collection.
* Detection and monitoring of more than twelve services, including DNS, HTTP/S, and more.
* Reception and recognition of SNMP traps from over 200 MIBs.
* Collection of SNMP performance data from over 200 families of SNMP-capable devices.
* Collection of standard MIB-2 stats from SNMP-capable devices.

NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the procedures in this guide require you to be logged in to the OpenNMS web UI as a user with admin privileges.
