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Default Parameters for AzrInfrstrcStsTest

This test monitors the health of the services offered by Azure, and reports the count of services in different health states. Alerts are sent out to administrators if any service is in bad health. Administrators can then use the detailed diagnostics provided by the test to identify the precise services that are experiencing health issues presently. Once the problem services are identified, administrators can then proceed to see what is ailing such services and remove it, so that users can continue to use the services without a glitch.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the AzrInfrstrcStsTest.

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed.

  • Specify the GUID which uniquely identifies the Microsoft Azure Subscription to be monitored in the SUBSCRIPTION ID text box.To know the ID that maps to the target subscription, click here.

  • Specify the Directory ID of the Azure AD tenant to which the target subscription belongs in the TENANT ID text box. To know how to determine the Directory ID/Tenant ID, click here.

  • The eG agent communicates with the target Microsoft Azure Subscrption using Java API calls. To collect the required metrics, the eG agent requires an Access token in the form of an Application ID and the client secret value.Specify the Application ID of the created Application in the CLIENT ID text box. To know how to determine the Application ID ,click here. Specify the client secret value in the CLIENT PASSWORD text box. To obtain the client secret value, click here.

  • Confirm the CLIENT PASSWORD by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • In some environments, all communication with the Azure cloud be routed through a proxy server. In such environments, you should make sure that the eG agent connects to the cloud via the proxy server and collects metrics. To enable metrics collection via a proxy, specify the IP address of the proxy server and the port at which the server listens against the PROXY HOST and PROXY PORT parameters. By default, these parameters are set to none , indicating that the eG agent is not configured to communicate via a proxy, by default.

  • If the proxy server requires authentication, then, specify a valid proxy user name and password in the PROXY USERNAME and PROXY PASSWORD parameters, respectively. Then, confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • By default, this test reports detailed diagnostics for the Services in Warning state measure. This is why, SHOW DD FOR WARNING flag is set to Yes by default. If for some reason you want to turn off detailed metrics collection for this measure, then set this flag to No. In this case, the test will not report the list of services that are in the Warning state, as part of the detailed metrics it collects.

  • By default, this test does not report detailed diagnostics for the Services in Information state measure. This is why, SHOW DD FOR INFORMATION flag is set to No by default. If you want to turn on detailed metrics collection for this measure, then set this flag to Yes.

  • By default, this test reports the health of services that are offered across all regions. Accordingly, REGIONS parameter is set to ALL by default. However, if you want the test to report metrics for specific regions alone, then specify the names of those regions as a comma-separated list here.

  • The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. The default is 1:1. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem. You can modify this frequency, if you so desire. Also, if you intend to disable the detailed diagnosis capability for this test, you can do so by specifying none against DD FREQUENCY.

  • Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with “$” indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to “xyz*” and $port will be changed to “80” when configuring a test.