Agents Administration - Tests
 

Configuration of NutConnStatusTest

This test emulates an HTTP request to a Nutanix Prism, reports whether the Prism service is available or not, and if available, also reports how quickly it responds to the request. Sudden breaks in Prism availability and poor responsiveness of the Prism service can be promptly detected in the process. The test also reports the response code returned by the Prism service, so that the nature of the response - whether it is an error response or not - can be determined.

The default parameters associated with this test are:

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

  • Specify the the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured in the HOST text box.

  • Specify the port on which the HOST is listening in the PORT text box. By default, this is NULL.

  • To connect to the Nutanix Prism and collect metrics from it, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a Cluster administrator or a User administrator. This is why, you need to specify the name and password of such a user in the NUTANIX PRISM USER and NUTANIX PRISM PASSWORD text boxes, respectively. However, some high security Nutanix environments may prefer not to expose the credentials of a Cluster administrator or a User administrator. In such environments, the eG agent can be configured with the credentials of a Prism user with the Viewer role. The steps for creating such a user are detailed in the Monitoring Nutanix Acropolis document.

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

  • By default, the Nutanix Prism server is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes, by default. This indicates that the eG agent will communicate with the Prism server via HTTPS by default.

  • By default, the Nutanix Prism server listens on port 9440, which appears in the WEBPORT parameter. This implies that while monitoring a Nutanix Acropolis server via the Prism server, the eG agent connects to port 9440.

  • The DD FREQUENCY refers to the frequency with which detailed diagnosis measures are to be generated for this test. For a Nutanix Acropolis Prism server, this is set to 1:1 by default. This indicates that, by default, detailed measures will be generated every time this test runs, and also every time the test detects a problem.

  • If multiple components of the same component type are awaiting configuration, then an APPLY TO OTHER COMPONENTS check box will appear in this page. Clicking on this check box will allow you to apply the configuration to all/selected components of that type.

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

When changing the configuration for specific servers, a “*” beside the text box corresponding to the parameter signifies that these values have to be manually configured by the user. The parameter values that require to be configured will typically be prefixed with a “$” or contain a series of “*”. A value of "none" in the parameter value indicates that the corresponding parameter value can be changed if required.