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Default Parameters for CtxNsIsWebAppTest

This test monitors how responsive each web application delivered by NetScaler ADC is to user requests and promptly notifies administrators if any application's responsiveness dips. Upon receiving such intimations, administrators can once again zoom into the test to figure out the reason for the slowness- is it because the web server hosting the application is unable to process requests quickly? is it owing to a latent server-side network? or is it due to a latent client-side network?

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

  • The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often this test needs to be executed. It is recommended that you set the TEST PERIOD to 5 minutes. This is because, the Nitro API using which the eG agent collects metrics from Web Insight, is capable of capturing only the performance data related to the last 5 minutes.

  • To connect to Web Insight and collect the metrics it captures, the eG agent needs to be configured with the credentials of a user with read-only permissions to Web Insight. Type the name of this user against INSIGHT USERNAME text box and the password of this user against INSIGHT PASSWORD text box. Then, confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

  • By default, Web Insight is not SSL-enabled. This is why, the SSL flag is set to No by default. If it is SSL-enabled, then change this flag to Yes.

  • 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.