To monitor performance with SolarWinds Kiwi System Info tools—most notably Kiwi Syslog Server and Kiwi Application Monitor—you must configure automated rules to aggregate logs, track metrics, and trigger alerts when performance thresholds are crossed. Because “Kiwi” features a suite of tools rather than a standalone app called “Kiwi System Info,” performance monitoring is achieved by analyzing system behavior using specific strategies. Monitor Application Metrics via Kiwi Application Monitor
If you are analyzing host-level software metrics, the Kiwi Application Monitor utility directly tracks operating performance:
Process Tracking: Add specific executables to the process manager to watch their continuous activity.
Resource Thresholds: Track hardware performance metrics like CPU time and memory usage.
Automated Remediation: Define rule actions to automatically restart or close applications if they hang or consume excessive memory.
Uptime Statistics: Access runtime logs to evaluate the stability of critical background services over time. Monitor Network and Device Health via Kiwi Syslog Server
To monitor performance across your broader IT environment, Kiwi Syslog Server processes performance logs (Syslog, SNMP traps, and Windows Events) from your routers, switches, and firewalls.
Centralized Statistics: Navigate to View > View Syslog Statistics in the manager console to check live traffic spikes and message volume distribution.
KSS NG Dashboards: If using the modern Kiwi Syslog Server NG web console, customize widget layouts to visually map event severity levels, counter metrics, and top-reporting hosts.
Rule-Based Triggers: Set up performance rules via File > Setup > Rules. You can isolate error logs by text keyword flags like “overloaded”, “high temperature”, or “packet loss”.
Performance Alerts: Configure immediate actions—such as sending email alerts, executing troubleshooting scripts, or logging failures to an external database—when critical errors are parsed.
Traffic Isolation: Allocate different types of performance logs across 25 customizable virtual displays to separate standard information from high-priority system alerts. Forwarding OS Metrics to Kiwi
By default, Windows operating systems do not output standard syslog data. To monitor Windows server infrastructure performance:
Download a third-party event log utility like the Log Forwarder for Windows.
Map the native Windows Event Logs (System and Application) directly to the utility.
Route those logs over standard UDP port 514 to your designated Kiwi listener.
Analyze the incoming host telemetry side-by-side with your network gear. To help narrow this down, please let me know:
Are you looking to monitor network equipment (via Syslog) or local Windows applications (via Application Monitor)?
What specific performance metrics (like CPU spikes, disk space, or network drops) are you trying to track?
View statistics in the KSS NG Dashboard – SolarWinds Documentation
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