JavaMelody

Monitoring SearchBlox with JavaMelody

JavaMelody is a built-in monitoring tool that gives system administrators a real-time view of how SearchBlox is performing. It runs as a lightweight background agent alongside SearchBlox and continuously collects performance data without requiring any separate installation. It tracks the following key metrics:

• System metrics (CPU, memory, threads)
• HTTP request statistics
• Database query performance
• Search operation analytics

Accessing JavaMelody

Login URL: https://<your-domain>:8443/monitoring
(Default: https://localhost:8443/monitoring)

Default Credentials:

JavaMelody is password protected to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive performance data. The default login credentials are shown below.

Username: admin
Password: searchblox

Dashboard Features:

Once logged in, the JavaMelody dashboard provides the following monitoring views and tools to help you assess the health and performance of your SearchBlox installation:

• Real-time performance graphs
• Request/response statistics
• System resource utilization
• Historical trend analysis

Changing Password of JavaMelody

For security purposes, it is important to replace the default JavaMelody password with a strong custom password before deploying SearchBlox in a production environment. Follow the steps below to update the JavaMelody login credentials:

1. Navigate to:
   <SEARCHBLOX_INSTALLATION_PATH>/webapps/ROOT/WEB-INF/web.xml
2. Locate the security constraint section:

<filter>
        <filter-name>javamelody</filter-name>
        <filter-class>net.bull.javamelody.MonitoringFilter</filter-class>
        <async-supported>true</async-supported>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>authorized-users</param-name>
            <param-value>admin:searchblox</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </filter>

3. Replace searchblox with your new password in the format:
   username:password
4. Restart SearchBlox service to apply changes: