1. Basic Monitoring Settings

SoftNAS performs monitoring of system resources, services and SoftNAS logging by polling the system based on the Polling Interval (secs). The default setting is 30 seconds.

2. Notification Email

The Notification settings are used to specify the administrator email address that will be sent monitoring alerts. You can also send monitoring alerts to the corporate SMTP server.

3. SMTP Settings

If "Use SMTP" is enabled the following fields are available for the SMTP server configuration:

Field	Description
SMTP Mailserver	FQDN of the mail server.
SMTP Port	SMTP Port that will be used to send email notifications (25, 587, 465)
SMTP Username	Username required for SMTP server authentication
SMTP Password	Password required for SMTP server authentication.
SMTP Encryption	Encryption setting for the SMTP server connection. The following settings are possible: SSLV2 SSLV3 TLSV1

4. Monitoring System Resources

These thresholds control the percentage usage levels above which monitoring notifications will be issued. The following independant thresholds can be sent:

Parameter	Description
% CPU	Threshold setting above which a monitoring notification will be issued for the system resource.
%CPU System	Threshold setting above which a monitoring notification will be issued for the system resource.
% Memory	Threshold setting above which a monitoring notification will be issued for the system resource.
% Disk space	Threshold setting above which a monitoring notification will be issued for the system resource.
% CPU Wait	Threshold setting above which a monitoring notification will be issued for the system resource.

5. Services Monitoring

You can setup SoftNAS to monitor the core system services and issue monitoring notifications accordingly. The following services can be monitored by SoftNAS:

Parameter	Description
Apache	Apache web server service running on SoftNAS
SSH	secure shell service running on SoftNAS, enabling secure data communication.
Sendmail	Sendmail email routing facility running on SoftNAS.
Winbind	samba service running on SoftNAS which enables connections to domain controllers.
NTP	Alerts if there are issues with Network Time Protocol (if virtual machines and databases are not in chronological sync)
UltraFast	Alerts if there are issues with Ultrafast
S3 Retry Error	Alerts if there are Object storage connectivity retry errors
Deltasync Error	Alerts for errors in Deltasync
HA Warning	Alerts if HA fails or reports issues
NFS	Distributed file system protocol running on SoftNAS.
SMB	Server Message Block service.
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HotSpare	Failure of a SoftNAS HotSpare volume
NiFi	Alerts if NiFi Settings are incorrect and not connecting
S3 Retry Warning	Sends alerts not only for errors regarding object storage connectivity but warnings as well.
Deltasync Warning	Sends alerts not only for errors regarding DeltaSync connectivity but warnings as well.

6. SoftNAS Monitoring

SoftNAS Monitoring can be used to monitor a variety of logs. By default, when enabled an email notification is sent any time the word "ERROR" appears in the log.

Parameter	Definition
Monitor SNSERV:	(Yes/No) Allows for enabling or disabling monitoring of the StorageCenter server log located in /var/www/softnas/logs/snserv.log. By default, when enabled an email notification is sent any time the word "ERROR" appears in the log
Excluded Terms	Allows for suppression of emails for errors in the StorageCenter server log that include the keywords entered. Valid entries are in regular expression form. For example, to suppress email notifications for any error including the word "foo" or "bar" enter "foo\|bar"
Monitor SNAP	(Yes/No) Allows for enabling or disabling monitoring of the snapreplicate log located in /var/www/softnas/logs/snapreplicate.log. By default, when enabled an email notification is sent any time the word "ERROR" appears in the log.
Excluded Terms	Allows for suppression of emails for errors in the snapreplicate log that include the keywords entered. Valid entries are in regular expression form. For example, to suppress email notifications for any error including the word "foo" or "bar" enter "foo\|bar"