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Monitoring

Mnemosynce gives you two live views and a full history log to keep tabs on your backups.

Dashboard

Navigation → Dashboard

The dashboard is the default home after setup. It shows:

  • Summary cards — total runs, successful runs, failed runs, time of last run
  • Per-task table — run counts, success rate progress bar, last run timestamp
  • Recent runs — the five most recent task runs with step-level badges (bak / ret / syn)

Readiness strip

When any of the four setup checks are still incomplete (config, SSH key, connection tested, schedule), a warning strip appears at the top of the dashboard with badge indicators and a direct link back to the relevant setup step.

Full history

Click Full history (top right of the dashboard) or the clock icon next to any task to see a paginated, filterable log of every run. Expand any row to see step-by-step timing and source/destination paths.


Progress view

Navigation → Progress

The progress view shows a live terminal feed of the current or most recent backup run using Server-Sent Events (SSE). The page updates automatically without any polling delay.

Status indicators

Badge Meaning
Running (pulsing blue) A backup is in progress
Completed (green) Last run finished successfully
Failed (red) Last run encountered an error
No run yet (grey) No backup has been run

Step badges (backup, retention, sync) show the state of each individual step in the same colour scheme.

Log output

The terminal panel streams log lines colour-coded by level:

Colour Level
White Info
Yellow Warning
Red Error
Grey Debug

Use the autoscroll toggle (↓) to pause scrolling when inspecting earlier output. Click the trash icon to clear the display (does not delete the underlying logs).


Email reports

After every scheduled or manual run, Mnemosynce sends an HTML email to email_report summarising:

  • Which tasks ran and whether they succeeded
  • Elapsed time per task and per step
  • Days since last successful run per task
  • Attached log files for any failed steps

If email_admin is set to a different address from email_report, that address is CC'd on failure-only emails.