Introduction

BlueMind uses the Tick monitoring tool to monitor all server data in real time as well as to view data history through its database-based storage. It also allows detailed alert configuration: in-UI alerts, command line actions, writing to a specific log file, etc.The Tick stack BlueMind's Tick monitoring tool includes the following products:

• Telegraf:
data collection and reporting tool
• the server agent for collecting & reporting metrics.
• InfluxDB:
specialist
• scalable datastore for metrics
and
• , events
database
• ,
including
• and real-time
analysis
• analytics
• Chronograf:
web-based data presentation application for visualization and monitoring
• monitoring and visualization web user interface
• Kapacitor:
chronological data
• framework for processing, monitoring
and alert tool 
• , and alerting on time series data

In addition to these, the BlueMind package provides:

• BlueMind-specific default configuration
• automatic configuration of Telegraf and installation of necessary plugins 
• automatic configuration of dashboards and default alerts

The BlueMind package provides the most comprehensive, precise and customised monitoring possible for large amounts of data. You can also access data history, which is kept for one month and lets you view the data, monitor evolution and compare past data with existing data to detect and analyse issues. 

We recommend that you read the rest of our documentation in order to install, use and work with this tool: