Getting Started with Nodinite

Welcome to Nodinite—your unified platform for integration logging, monitoring, and business process visualization. Whether you're a business user tracking transactions, a developer troubleshooting issues, or an administrator managing your integration landscape, this guide will help you get productive quickly.

Why Nodinite?

Modern enterprises face integration complexity across on-premise systems, cloud platforms, and hybrid environments. Nodinite eliminates operational blindness by connecting three critical capabilities:

✅ End-to-End Logging – Search transactions across all systems, from customer orders to invoices, with complete audit trails
✅ Real-Time Monitoring – Track system health, get instant alerts, and trigger remote actions without infrastructure access
✅ Business Process Visualization – See exactly where transactions are in your workflows using living, interactive BPM models
✅ Living Documentation – Build an interactive Repository Model that can stay current automatically as systems integrate

The platform you're learning right now powers

• 🔍 Self-service troubleshooting – Business users find answers in minutes without IT escalation
• 📊 Compliance automation – Auditors get complete trails instantly for GDPR, SOX, HIPAA, and regulatory requirements
• 🚀 Faster resolution – Troubleshoot in 90 seconds instead of 2 hours by eliminating manual log correlation
• 🌐 Hybrid/multi-cloud visibility – Track integrations across BizTalk, Azure, AWS, MuleSoft, custom APIs—no vendor lock-in

Tip

New to Nodinite? This Getting Started guide walks you through the Web Client user interface. For technical architecture and deployment details, see What is the Web Client? in the Core Services documentation.

What You'll Learn

This guide helps you quickly become productive with Nodinite. You'll learn:

• How to navigate the Web Client interface (sidebar menu, dashboard, panels)
• What you can accomplish with logging, monitoring, repository, and BPM features
• Where to find the tools and information you need for daily tasks
• How to get started with your first searches, views, and dashboards

For technical details about system architecture, deployment models, and authentication, see What is the Nodinite Web Client?.

Accessing the Web Client

The Nodinite Web Client is a browser-based application accessible from any modern browser:

✅ Supported browsers: Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Safari (latest versions)
✅ No installation required – Simply navigate to your organization's Nodinite URL
✅ Automatic authentication – Windows Integrated or OIDC/OAuth 2.0 (configured by your administrator)
✅ Role-based access – You only see features and data appropriate to your Role

Important

Internet Explorer is not supported with Nodinite 5.3 or later.

First time logging in? Contact your Nodinite Administrator to request access. They will assign you to appropriate Roles that determine what you can view and manage.

The Nodinite Web Client showing the Dashboard – your starting point for monitoring integration health, viewing KPIs, and navigating to detailed logs and monitors.

You access Nodinite through your browser. The Web Client communicates with the Web API to retrieve integration data securely. For detailed architecture, see Core Services.

Info

Nodinite audits all sensitive operations for security and compliance.

Core Capabilities: What You Can Do

The Web Client provides six main areas for managing your integration landscape. Each area is accessible from the sidebar menu and designed for specific tasks:

Dashboard – Your Starting Point

Real-time KPIs, system health metrics, and quick access to recent events. Perfect for daily health checks and executive reporting.

What you can do:

• View integration health at a glance
• Access recent errors and warnings
• Navigate to detailed logs and monitors
• Customize widgets and layout (administrators)

Learn more: Dashboard Overview

Log Views – Search and Analyze Transactions

Search logged events across all integrated systems using business-friendly filters.

What you can do:

• Find transactions by Order ID, Customer Name, Invoice Number, or any Search Field
• Track end-to-end flows across multiple systems using BPM milestone correlation
• View full message payloads and stack traces for troubleshooting
• Export audit trails for compliance (GDPR, SOX, HIPAA)

Learn more: Log Overview

Monitor Views – Real-Time Operational Monitoring

Track system health and receive proactive alerts for integration components.

What you can do:

• Monitor queues, services, APIs, databases, and infrastructure (Resources)
• Receive instant alerts via email, Teams, Slack, or custom webhooks
• Execute remote actions (restart services, clear queues) without infrastructure access
• Resolve common issues independently (self-service)

Learn more: Monitor Overview

Repository Model – Living Integration Documentation

Interactive, auto-updating documentation of your integration landscape.

What you can do:

• Explore the Interactive Integration Landscape – visual map of all systems and connections (truly unique to Nodinite)
• Auto-populate documentation as systems log events – no manual diagram maintenance
• Attach Custom Metadata (owners, SLAs, environments) to any integration component
• Document Integrations, Systems, Services, Endpoints, and Message Types

Learn more: Repository Overview

Business Process Models – Workflow Visualization

Visualize end-to-end business processes with real-time execution tracking.

What you can do:

• Map processes across Domains (departments, teams, organizational units) using swimlane diagrams
• Track transaction milestones (order received → processed → shipped → invoiced)
• Click business identifiers to see all related events across every system
• Monitor operational health of every Service and Resource in your process with color-coded status

Learn more: Business Process Model Overview

Administration – Configure and Manage

System configuration and management features (administrators only).

What you can do:

• Manage Users, Roles, and Access Management
• Configure Log Views, Monitor Views, and Search Fields
• Customize Dashboard widgets and layouts
• Set up Alarm Plugins and notification rules

Learn more: Administration Overview

Tip

The power of integration: The Repository Model connects everything. Define Message Types and Services to enable Search Field extraction, BPM correlation, and Monitor View business context. This transforms Nodinite from isolated tools into unified operational intelligence.

User Interface Elements

The Web Client offers thousands of functions, all designed to empower users and administrators. Key interface elements include:

• General Information
• Sidebar Menu - Quick links to all features
  • Pages and modals

On the left, the console panels feature tiles representing different artifacts/entities you can view and manage. Selecting a tile displays detailed information in the right-side pane.

The Nodinite Web Client uses Role-based security, so available features are tailored to each User's permissions.

General Information

The Web Client includes the following elements (left to right, top to bottom):

• Sidebar menu
• Logo - Nodinite
  • Nodinite Version
• License information
  • Customer Name - Licensee name
  • Environment - Runtime environment name
• Logged-on user - Name of the logged-on User (using Windows Integrated security)
• Status - Current state of Nodinite and Monitor Views
• Help - Quick links to documentation and support
• Show Deleted - Option to include deleted items in list views

Sidebar Menu

Navigate the Nodinite Web Client with the flexible sidebar menu, offering multiple display options.

Here's an example of the Nodinite Web Client sidebar as seen by an Nodinite Administrator.

The sidebar menu provides access to all Web Client features, with Administration restricted to users in the Administrators role.

The actual content for non-administrators depends on assigned permissions.

At the bottom of the sidebar menu, you will find a button to adjust its size and behavior. The browser stores this setting in a cookie with a one-year expiration.

You can choose from the following modes:

• Hidden – Experience full-screen mode.

• Small – Use a compact sidebar menu.

• Large – Display a large sidebar menu unless you use mobile mode.

• Auto (default) – Let the sidebar size adapt to your screen.

  
  This image shows the 'sidebar settings' button.

Below, you can see an example of a Log View in full-screen mode (sidebar hidden):

This image shows the Nodinite Web Client in full-screen mode.

Next Steps

Choose your path based on your role and immediate needs:

For All Users:
Dashboard Overview – Start here for your daily operational view
Log Overview – Learn how to search and analyze integration logs
Monitor Overview – Set up proactive monitoring and alerts

For Documentation and Architecture:
Repository Overview – Build living documentation for your integrations
Business Process Model (BPM) – Visualize end-to-end workflows with real-time tracking

For Administrators:
Administration Overview – Configure users, roles, and system settings
Access Management Overview – Set up security and permissions

Related Topics

Technical Architecture

What is the Nodinite Web Client? – Technical architecture, deployment models, authentication modes
Core Services – Platform architecture, scalability, and deployment details

Key Features

Business Process Models (BPM) – End-to-end process visualization and tracking
Repository Model – CMDB-inspired integration documentation platform
Search Fields – Enable business-friendly searching across log events

Access Management

Nodinite supports two authentication modes—choose the documentation that matches your deployment:

Windows Authentication Mode:
Roles – Role-based access control and permissions
Users – Individual Windows domain accounts
Windows AD Groups – Active Directory security groups

OIDC/OAuth 2.0 Mode:
Roles – Role-based access control and permissions
Claims – Key/Value pairs representing permissions or attributes
Policies – Groups of Claims assigned to Roles

Common Topics:
Common Scenarios – Practical implementation examples for both modes
Access Management Overview – Complete security and authorization guide