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Nodinite Overview

Gain instant insight into your entire Nodinite environment with the Overview page. As an Administrator, you can quickly review all installed components, their status, and essential details—empowering you to manage, troubleshoot, and optimize your integration landscape with confidence.

  • Centralized view of all installed Nodinite components
  • Instantly access server, version, and account information
  • Streamlined management and operational transparency
  • Export Monitoring Agents for migration or disaster recovery

What Information Can I See?

The Nodinite Overview page displays comprehensive information about all components installed in your Nodinite environment. This single-pane view helps you quickly assess the health and configuration of your integration monitoring infrastructure across multiple environments (PROD, Test, Dev, QA).

For each installed component, you can typically see:

  • Name - The descriptive name of the component (e.g., 'Logging Service', 'Web Client', 'BizTalk Monitor Agent')
  • Server (URI) - The hostname or URL where the component is installed
  • Version - The currently installed version number for compatibility tracking
  • Folder (Installation path) - The physical directory location on the server
  • Account - The service account under which the component runs (for security auditing)

This information is invaluable for troubleshooting connectivity issues, planning updates, and documenting your infrastructure.

Nodinite - Overview
Example with an animated sequence displaying some run-time information about your Nodinite instance.

Note

It may take some time to gather the information on this page depending on the number, whereabouts, and the current state of the installed services. The Overview queries each component over the network to retrieve real-time status.

Core Services Architecture Components

The Nodinite Overview displays all Core Services components that form the foundation of your integration monitoring platform:

1. Architecture

Nodinite Core Services deliver enterprise-grade logging, monitoring, and documentation capabilities through a modern, scalable architecture built on .NET 10 and ASP.NET Core. The architecture supports everything from single-server proof-of-concept deployments to distributed enterprise installations.

2. Monitoring Agents

Monitoring Agents collect real-time status information from any technology in your integration landscape—BizTalk Server, Azure Services, AWS, MuleSoft, Windows Services, databases, APIs, message queues, and more. These agents enable:

  • End-to-end visibility across your entire integration chain
  • Self-service access for business users to monitor critical processes
  • Proactive alerts and automated remote actions
  • Flexible deployment on Windows servers, Azure, Linux, or IoT devices

3. Log Agents

Log Agents capture log events from integration brokers, ESBs, and custom code to provide complete event tracking. Each Log Agent uses a unique identifier to distinguish event sources, enabling:

  • True end-to-end logging across all platforms
  • Status code mapping for business-friendly reporting
  • Flexible integration via API or asynchronous pickup service
  • Detailed payload and context information for troubleshooting

4. Logging Service

The Logging Service is a background Windows Service responsible for event processing, database indexing, reindexing operations, and retention management. It ensures optimal performance of the Log API and Log Databases.

5. Monitoring Service

The Monitoring Service coordinates all Monitoring Agents, delivers alerts through configured plugins, and manages remote actions. It acts as the alerting engine and orchestration layer for your monitoring infrastructure.

6. Log Databases

Log Databases provide scalable storage for log events with built-in archiving capabilities. Multiple log databases can be configured for different data retention requirements or to distribute load across SQL Server instances.

Export Monitoring Agents

If you are upgrading from an older version of Nodinite or migrating configurations between environments, you can export your existing Monitoring Agent configurations for import into the new version or target environment. This capability is essential for:

  • Environment promotion - Move configurations from Test to Production
  • Disaster recovery - Create backups of your monitoring setup
  • Template creation - Build reusable configurations for common patterns
  • Migration - Transfer configurations during infrastructure changes

Use the Export Monitoring Agents button to generate an export file containing all Monitoring Agent configurations, connection details, and resource mappings.

Export Monitoring Agents
Example of exporting Monitoring Agents from the Nodinite Overview page.

This feature is further described in the Tools documentation, including instructions for importing the exported configurations.

System Health Dashboard

The Nodinite Overview serves as a system health dashboard where you can:

  • Verify component connectivity - Quickly identify services that are offline or unreachable
  • Plan capacity - Review installed components across servers to plan expansion
  • Audit service accounts - Ensure proper security configurations
  • Prepare for updates - Identify component versions that need upgrading
  • Generate executive reports - Export overview data for stakeholder reporting

Best Practices

  • Regular reviews - Check the Overview page weekly to verify all components are online
  • Pre-deployment verification - Before major releases, ensure all services are healthy
  • Documentation - Export the Overview data for documentation and compliance purposes
  • Capacity planning - Monitor component distribution to balance load across servers

Next Step

Log Audits - Track all user actions for compliance and security
Import/Export - Migrate configurations between environments
Tools - Explore all administration tools

Administration Tools

Tools Overview
User Notifications
Import/Export
Log Audits

Core Components

Core Services Architecture
Monitoring Agents
Log Agents
Logging Service
Monitoring Service
Log Databases

Environment Management

Environment Name - Configure environment identification
Administration - Complete administration guide
Settings - System configuration options