Features

Ability to monitor your IMAP inbox and for instance, be alerted when the count of unread email exceeds a predefined threshold.

Configuring an IMAP Monitor

Start “Imap Monitor Deployment” wizard

Go to the Wizards screen for germain APM and search for “IMAP”:

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http://GERMAIN_UX_INSTANCE_URL/germainapm/workspace/app/#Wizards

Click “Add” on the IMAP Monitor Deployment tile

Enter monitoring details

Select “IMAP Monitor” for “Component Type” or Create your own (See below '(Optional): Creating a custom “IMAP Monitor Component”')

Select or create then select entries for “Monitored Server”, “Monitored Application”, and “Credentials”

Click Next


(Optional) Creating a custom “IMAP Monitor Component”

Click the + button to the right of “Component Type” on the screen above

Name the new Component then Click + to create a new rule.

If you have not already: You will need to create a rule that is specific to your needs. You can base this off this sample code.

SAMPLE: imap-default.drl
//
// Sample IMAP monitoring rules.
//
package com.germainsoftware.apm;

dialect "mvel"

import javax.mail.*;
import com.germainsoftware.apm.config.data.*;
import com.germainsoftware.apm.converter.*;
import com.germainsoftware.apm.data.*;
import com.germainsoftware.apm.data.model.*;
import com.germainsoftware.apm.message.*;
import com.germainsoftware.apm.router.*;

global org.slf4j.Logger logger;
global com.germainsoftware.apm.converter.DatamartConverter datamart;
global com.germainsoftware.apm.router.RouterContext context;

rule "Unread folder count"
when 
    $m : IMGermainessage( )
then
    logger.info("Received message for: {}", $m.name);

    GenericMetric m = new GenericMetric();
    m.type = "IMAP:Unread Count";
    m.name = $m.name;
    m.timestamp = $m.timestamp;
    m.value = (double)$m.folder.getUnreadMessageCount();
    datamart.insert(m, context);

    retract($m);
end
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Once you have written your rule, hit validate. If it passes validation, hit “Finish”.

You will be back at “IMAP Monitor Component Step” 1. Hit Next

Add all folders you would like to be checked to the list. Add entries to the list by hitting +

Hit Finish


Enter Port Number

Choose “Use SSL” setting

Click Next


Deploy

Enter a name in “Monitor Name”

Choose the “Monitoring Node”

Choose the “Engine”

Set your monitoring “Interval”

Click Finish