Using the Supervision App
The BlueMind monitoring tool allows you to monitor all server data in real time and also view historical data thanks to its database storage. It also allows detailed alert configuration: in-UI alerts, command line actions, writing to a specific log file, etc.
The supervision tool is installed by default in BlueMind and must not be uninstalled.
The BlueMind monitoring tool includes the following products:
- Alloy: a tool for data collection and reporting
- Mimir: a specialized database for metrics, events, and their real-time analysis (Prometheus)
- Grafana: a web-based data presentation application for visualization and monitoring
In addition to these, the BlueMind package provides:
- BlueMind specific default configuration
- Automatically configuring Alloy and adding its add-ons
- automatic configuration of dashboards and default alerts
The BlueMind package provides monitoring of a vast amount of data, ensuring the most comprehensive, accurate, and personalized monitoring possible. 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 analyze issues.
Accessing the monitoring tool
The monitoring tool is automatically installed and configured in BlueMind.
Access to the application is role-based:
- "Supervision Administration": Full access to the supervision tool
- "Monitoring Console": Read-only access to the monitoring tool
Admin0 has full access by default.
Monitoring is performed for the entire facility, not by area. In addition, by granting access to a domain administrator, that administrator will have visibility into all the data in the system.
Users who have been assigned one of these roles will then see (they may need to log in again) a "Supervision" link in the header that allows them to access the console:
The monitoring tool can also be accessed via the Setup Wizard by connecting to the URL https://<votre bluemind>.tld/grafana/.
The usernames requested are those from the setup wizard provided during the BlueMind installation, which can be configured in the BlueMind administration interface. If you lose it, please see the FAQ on this topic: I lost the password for the setup wizard.
Viewing the dashboards
The Supervision app opens directly to the "Global overview" dashboard, which provides an overview of data related to the mail app usage:
- the number of mobile, Web, IMAP, and MAPI sessions
- incoming and outgoing email traffic
- real-time sessions
Each chart or metric is explained. Click the icon 
for more information about the analyzed data and the displayed result.
A number of dashboards have been set up and are ready to view. To view the list of available dashboards, go to the "Dashboard" tab.
Dashboards tagged "bluemind" must not be modified. Since these are managed directly by BlueMind, any changes to the settings are overwritten with each upgrade.
Some of the most important dashboards include:
- The Auditlog dashboards provide information on logins, emails, events, and more. (
For further information see the page Analyzing logs with Auditlog)
- The Cluster Overview dashboard, which lets you view and analyze server metrics (CPU, IOPS, etc.)
- The BlueMind Health dashboard, which allows you to view alerts, among other things
At the top of each dashboard is an action bar that allows you to, among other things:
- Enable or disable the Annotations & Alerts option, which displays important actions (such as a service restart) on the dashboard charts
- Change the analysis period to be displayed
- Customize dashboards by clicking
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For further information on using Grafana see , see their documentation page: https://grafana.com/docs/
Viewing additional information
In addition to the dashboards, you can view:
- Source data for Elasticsearch and Prometheus by going to the Connections > Data Source tab
- Configure alerts by going to the Alerting > Alert Rules tab
Exploring the data
The "Explore" tab lets you browse the data in the database—in other words, the history of the metrics that have been collected.
Visit Metrics references to learn more about the metrics collected and their content.
To explore the data:
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Select the data source
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Configure your query based on the data to be analyzed
💡 Kick start your query
Utiliser les requêtes pré-programmées pour faciliter l'analyse des données de Prometheus
