Default Parameters for MongoNetTest

This test periodically checks the whether/not the MongoDB server is up and running, verifies network connectivity to the server, and also measures the connection time. In addition, the test also emulates a MongoDB API call to a specified collection on the server for retrieving documents from it; in the process, the test reports collection availability and the time taken to read the documents. This way, the test alerts administrators to the non-availability and poor responsiveness of the server, and also points them to where exactly the bottleneck is.

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

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

• The test connects to a specific Mongo database to run API commands and pull metrics of interest. Specify the name of this database here. The default value of this parameter is admin.

• A collection is the equivalent of an RDBMS table, which exists within a single database. A collection contains MongoDB documents. This test emulates a MongoDBI API call to a collection, and attempts to read the documents contained within. In the process, the test captures the collection availability and the time taken by the document read/retrieval operation. To enable this emulation, specify the name of the collection that you want the test to access, in the COLLECTION NAME text box. Your specification should be of the following format: <Namespace>.<collection name>. The default value of this parameter is system.indexes.

• 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.