Synthetic Monitoring

m1nd runs scheduled synthetic tests against your network targets and streams results live to the dashboard via Server-Sent Events (SSE). All results are stored indefinitely in SQLite.

Test Types

Test	What it measures	Default interval
ICMP Ping	RTT (avg/min/max), packet loss per host	30s
DNS Resolution	Resolve time, resolved IPs, per nameserver	60s
Speedtest	Download / Upload Mbps via speedtest-cli	5 min
SNMP Polling	CPU%, memory%, port counts, uptime, sys_descr	60s
IPsec Tunnels	Tunnel reachability via inner-IP probe ping	30s

How It Works

1. The asyncio scheduler runs in the main thread and dispatches test jobs at configured intervals
2. Results are streamed live to the dashboard via SSE — no polling, no page refresh
3. All data is persisted to SQLite with full history retention
4. The Baseline Learning system runs anomaly detection on every result

Dashboard

The synthetic monitoring dashboard shows real-time charts for all active tests:

• Ping: RTT trend lines, packet loss percentage
• DNS: Resolution time per nameserver
• Speedtest: Download/Upload bandwidth over time
• SNMP: CPU, memory, port utilisation per device
• IPsec: Tunnel status and probe latency

Synthetic Monitor Topology

The Synmon tab provides a D3-powered topology view showing all synthetic monitoring targets and their current status in a network graph layout.

Configuration

Configure targets and intervals in config.yaml:

targets:
  - 8.8.8.8
  - 1.1.1.1
  - 192.168.1.1

dns_servers:
  - 8.8.8.8
  - 1.0.0.1

intervals:
  ping: 30
  dns: 60
  speedtest: 300
  snmp: 60
  ipsec: 30

Or manage targets directly from the web UI under Settings.