SWIS API DASHBOARDS · SOLARWINDS OBSERVABILITY · CLOUD MONITORING

Turn SolarWinds data into secure, self-service dashboards

Northbound Observability builds custom, API-driven monitoring dashboards on the SolarWinds Information Service (SWIS) — read-only, license-free to view, and tailored to any audience — backed by full-lifecycle platform deployment on AWS and Azure.

SWIS
API-DRIVEN DASHBOARDS
0
EXTRA LICENSES TO VIEW
100%
READ-ONLY & SECURE
HCO
CLOUD DEPLOYMENT · AWS/AZURE
WHAT WE DO

SWIS API Dashboards & Observability

Custom, API-driven monitoring dashboards on the SolarWinds Information Service (SWIS) — from proof of concept to production, backed by full platform deployment.

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Custom SWIS Dashboards

Purpose-built, read-only monitoring dashboards fed by the SWIS API — tailored to any audience or mission area.

  • Executive & NOC wallboards
  • Node coverage & alert rollups
  • Static, air-gapped, auto-refreshed
  • No per-viewer license cost
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Cloud Platform Deployment

End-to-end SolarWinds HCO stand-up on AWS and Azure — from IaaS provisioning through production cutover.

  • EC2 / Azure VM provisioning & sizing
  • Application & database server build-out
  • Secure network, storage & TLS design
  • Production validation & cutover
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Polling Engine Architecture

Scalable Main Polling Engine and Additional Polling Engine topology built to grow with your node count.

  • MPE / APE topology design
  • High-availability configuration
  • Poller load balancing & capacity planning
  • Multi-site & distributed collection
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Cloud Monitoring Onboarding

Bring AWS and Azure resources under SolarWinds coverage — accounts, service principals, and cloud entity discovery.

  • AWS / Azure integration
  • Cloud VM & resource discovery
  • Coverage gap review
  • GovCloud-aligned deployments
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Discovery & Monitoring Design

Deploy monitoring across Windows, Linux, VMware, network, and applications with the right templates and thresholds.

  • Cross-platform discovery & onboarding
  • SNMP / WMI / agent configuration
  • Monitoring templates & alert design
  • Node hygiene & inventory accuracy
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Automation & Reporting

Reduce manual effort with PowerShell automation and query-driven reporting that keep monitoring current.

  • PowerShell operational automation
  • Query-driven reporting & rollups
  • Scheduled maintenance workflows
  • Secure credential handling
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Dashboard & Reporting Design

Build clear, audience-ready views natively in SolarWinds — from NOC wallboards to executive summaries and scheduled reports.

  • NOC & operations wallboards
  • Executive & service-level views
  • Alert rollups & coverage reporting
  • Scheduled & on-demand reports
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Advisory & Knowledge Transfer

Architecture reviews, SOPs, runbooks, and hands-on enablement so your team owns the platform long-term.

  • Architecture & security review
  • Documentation, SOPs & runbooks
  • Team training & handoff
  • Migration & upgrade planning
HOW WE WORK

A Proven, Low-Risk Pattern

The browser only ever sees a fully-baked static page — never the database. Secure by design, simple to run.

STEP 01

Query

SWQL queries pull live data over HTTPS from your SolarWinds platform via the SWIS API.

STEP 02
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Build

A scheduled script injects fresh values into a purpose-built template.

STEP 03
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Serve

A self-contained page is generated — no live DB connection at view time.

STEP 04
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View

Any authorized viewer opens a link and sees current state — done.

WHY NORTHBOUND

Insight, Without the Overhead

Reduced Exposure

Viewers never touch the monitoring server. One scoped read-only account replaces dozens of UI logins.

License Efficiency

Share monitoring insight broadly without consuming additional platform seats.

Tailored Views

Every dashboard is scoped to what a given team or leader actually needs to see.

Near Real-Time

Data refreshed automatically on a schedule — always current, zero manual effort.

Extensible by Design

New metric = one query + one template token. The pattern scales across clouds and domains.

Full-Stack Capable

Backed by end-to-end SolarWinds deployment experience in cloud — from pollers to dashboards.

ABOUT

Northbound Observability LLC

Northbound Observability specializes in SolarWinds Observability and the SWIS API — building custom, secure, API-driven dashboards that help teams get more value from the monitoring platforms they already own.

The practice is led by an engineer with hands-on production experience: SWIS/SWQL dashboard engineering, cloud onboarding, secure access models, and full SolarWinds platform deployment in AWS and Azure — from pollers to production.

The philosophy is simple — deliver secure, maintainable observability that your team can own, not a black box that only one person understands.

CORE EXPERTISE
  • SWIS API & SWQL query design
  • Custom monitoring dashboards
  • SolarWinds Observability / HCO / NPM
  • Cloud deployment — AWS EC2 & Azure VM
  • MPE / APE polling-engine architecture
  • PowerShell automation pipelines
  • Secure credential, AD-gated & TLS practices
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Let's Scope Your Project

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