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What is the Nodinite Monitoring Service?

The Nodinite Monitoring Service is responsible for making sure you get aware according to your alerts configuration. This configuration comes from the use of self-service enabled Monitor Views.

The Monitoring Service is a Windows Service installed as part of the Core Services package, see Prerequisites for installation-related information. The status of Resources being monitored by Monitoring Agents is periodically synchronized by the Monitoring Service.

Features

Operations performed by the Monitoring Service or commands issued by a user come from the following configurations and functionality:

Pushing Alerts

Whenever the evaluation of the state of Resources from any of the Monitoring Agents matches your configuration for Monitor Views. Alerts are pushed by Alarm Plugins and Nodinite ships with various mail and Windows Event Log plugins.

graph LR subgraph "App Server" roMS(fal:fa-watch-fitness Monitoring Service) end subgraph "Alert recipients" roMS .-> | Send Alert | roMail(fal:fa-envelope Mail) roMS .-> | Send Alert | roTicket(fal:fa-bug Issue Tracking Systems) roMS .-> | Send Alert | roEventLog(fal:fa-list Event Log) end

Monitoring Service is responsible for making you aware, Nodinite is Always Aware.

Provide Self Service configurations using Monitor Views

The Monitoring Service "knows" who to send to and with what options from the use of Alarm Plugins configured either globally or customized using one or more Monitor Views. Using the concept of Role based Monitor Views means that you can push alerts for anything from 1 single Resource, or you can mix Resources from different Monitoring Agents to create end-to-end monitoring and alerts for individual system integration workflows with exactly the dependencies that exist for each solution.

graph LR subgraph "App Server" roMS(fal:fa-watch-fitness Monitoring Service) end subgraph "Monitor View Configurations" roMV1[fal:fa-display Monitor View: Queues] ---|Custom Configuration | roMail(fal:fa-envelope e-mail plugin) roMV2[fal:fa-display Monitor View: Integration Brokers] --- | Global Configuration| roTicket(fal:fa-bug Issue Tracking System plugin) roMS --- roMV1 roMS --- roMV2 roMV2 ---| Custom Configuration| roMail roMV3[fal:fa-display Monitor View: SSIS Integration 'Process Orders'] --- | Global Configuration| roEventLog(fal:fa-list Event Log plugin) roMS --- roMV3 end

Highly configurable role-based Monitor Views provide self-service for end-users as well as customizable options for pushing alerts.


Periodic Synchronization

The Monitoring Service performs periodic Synchronization with the Monitoring Agents. Different instances of the Monitoring Agents may have individual synchronization settings set by configuring a Monitoring Agent Configuration.

graph LR subgraph "Host with Monitoring Agents" roMonitorAgent(fal:fa-monitor-waveform Monitoring Agent) ro(fal:fa-lightbulb-on Resources to Monitor) roMonitorAgent --> ro end subgraph "Windows Server" roMonitoringService(fal:fa-watch-fitness Monitoring Service) roMonitoringService --> |Monitoring Agent Configuration | roMonitorAgent end

Generic illustration for any type of resource being monitored by a product/service-specific Monitoring Agent.

Synchronization with Monitoring Agents wherever they are

The Monitoring Agents can be installed on-premise or anywhere else. The Monitoring Service can communicate with the Monitoring Agents using any of the following options:


Frequently asked questions

Additional solutions to common problems and the Nodinite Monitoring Service FAQ exist in the Troubleshooting user guide.

How does the Monitoring Service know what to Monitor?

The Monitoring Service "knows" this because a Nodinite Administrator has configured both internal configurations and configurations for self-service

How does the Monitoring Service know about the evaluated state of a Resource?

The Monitoring Service "knows" this because a Nodinite Administrator has configured the Resources

  • Knows about the evaluated state from the configuration of Resources
  • Knows about Auto Healing operations to perform from the configuration of Resources

How does the Monitoring Service know how to push alerts?

The Monitoring Service "knows" this because a Nodinite Administrator has configured the Monitor Views

  • Knows who to send to and with options from the use of Alarm Plugins configured either globally or customized using one or more Monitor Views

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