📁 File-Based Integration Monitoring with Nodinite
Keep your business-critical file-based integrations running smoothly and cost-efficiently. With Nodinite’s File and FTP Monitoring Agent, you get proactive insights into your data flows, identify bottlenecks, and avoid costly delays caused by aging or excessive files.
🔥 Let your tech experts monitor everything without jumping through hoops—no RDP, no admin credentials, no VPN.
💰 Let your business team cut costs by keeping the data moving and working, not sitting idle.
Here's an example of a Nodinite Monitor View with some Resources to ensure smooth monitoring of Systems Integrations built with common Managed File Transfer (MFT) scenarios.
🌐 Supported Technologies
Nodinite supports all major file transfer and file share protocols with easy access for Users with the role-based Web Client. The following Categories exist:
- ✅ FTP / FTPS
- ✅ SFTP (SSH)
- ✅ Folders (SMB/DFS) - Local and network folders (for example: '
C:\Incoming\', or '\\share\folder\', or '\\share\DFSRoot\folder\') - ✅ Folder (NFS) (V2, V3, V4)
One lightweight agent. Unlimited reach.
🎯 Why Monitor File-Based Systems?
When file transfers are delayed, stockpiled, or inconsistent, it puts your entire operation at risk. Nodinite helps you:
- 🚫 Avoid stockpiling that can break downstream systems
- ⏳ Detect aging files before they impact SLAs
- 📊 Track file count, age, and size
- 🧠 Use advanced filters and regex to monitor exactly what you care about
Let your data flow – don't let it clog up.
🔍 Advanced File Monitoring
With rich customization options:
- File Age: Created or modified date
- File Size: Min, Max, Range
- File Count: Avoid overflow and detect inactivity
- Regex Filtering:
- Folder and file name matching
- Exclude dynamic or temp folders
- Flexible Scope:
- Root only
- Root + Child folders (with exclusions)
⏱ Schedule checks at tailored intervals to match your business rhythm.
📉 Monitor Views & Alerts
Get real-time visibility into all monitored file Resources through Nodinite's intuitive Monitor Views. Drill down into issues fast. No need for FTP clients or remote desktop.
- 🔔 Configurable alerts via Email, ITSM tools, etc.
- 📊 You can make Metrics available in Dashboards and external Reporting tools like Power BI via Nodinite’s REST API (Web API).
🧰 Remote Management Actions
No more juggling between systems. Control and troubleshoot file issues right from Nodinite:
- ✏️ Edit thresholds & filters
- 📄 List files (SMB, NFS, FTP, SFTP)
- 📥 Download specific files securely
These actions are role-based and scoped via Monitor Views. Users get the access they need—nothing more.
💡 Role-based access = no full server access, no passwords, no VPNs, and no RDP.
Evaluated File States
The different evaluated states are as follows:
| State | Status | Description | Actions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unavailable | Resource not available | Evaluation of the 'File based source' is not possible either due to network or security-related problems | Review the prerequisites | |
| Error | Too many | Too many files according to the user-defined thresholds | ||
| Error | Too old | Too old files according to the user-defined thresholds | ||
| Error | Size | The size of files is outside user-defined thresholds (min, max, range) | ||
| Warning | Too many | Too many files according to the user-defined thresholds | ||
| Warning | Too old | Too old files according to the user-defined thresholds | ||
| Warning | Size | The size of files is outside user-defined thresholds (min, max, range) | ||
| OK | Files are within all user-defined thresholds (#, Age, Size) |
Tip
Customize evaluated states to fit your needs via the Expected State feature.
The following Actions are available on File Category Resources:
- Edit - manage monitoring thresholds
- List Files - List files matching any applicable filters in the folder, works for local folders (Paths, NFS and SMB) and [FTP/FTPS]
FTP and SFTP (SSH)
- Download - download option available in the modal where you can download specific files.
Repository Documentation
Extra value can be added using the Nodinite Repository Model.
🔁 Release Notes
Stay up-to-date with the latest improvements and features: 📄 Release Notes
Next Step
🔧 Installation Guide
⚙️ Configuration Instructions
Related Topics
📋 Prerequisites
🛠 Role-based Access Setup
Don't just monitor files. Take control of them. Choose Nodinite and eliminate file-based blind spots in your integrations. For information about the latest release, review the .