AWS MSK Network Test

This test monitors the critical metrics relating to the network connectivity of the target AWS Managed Service Kafka.

Target of the test : AWS Managed Service Kafka

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each cluster executing in the target AWS Managed Service Kafka server.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The IP address of the AWS Managed Service Kafka Broker that is being monitored.

Port

Specify the port number at which the specified HOST listens. By default, this is NULL.

AWS Default Region

This test uses AWS CLI to interact with AWS Managed Service Kafka and pull relevant metrics. To enable the test to connect to AWS, you need to configure the test with the name of the region to which all requests for metrics should be routed, by default. Specify the name of this AWS Default Region, here.

AWS Access Key ID, AWS Secret Access Key and Confirm Password

To monitor AWS Managed Service Kafka, the eG agent has to be configured with the access key and secret key of a user with a valid AWS account. For this purpose, we recommend that you create a special user on the AWS cloud, obtain the access and secret keys of this user, and configure this test with these keys. The procedure for this has been detailed in the Obtaining an Access key and Secret key topic. Make sure you reconfirm the access and secret keys you provide here by retyping it in the corresponding Confirm Password text box.

Timeout Seconds

Specify the maximum duration (in seconds) for which the test will wait for a response from the server. The default is 10 seconds.

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Network dropped receive packages

Indicates the number of dropped receive packages.

Number

 

Network receive errors for broker

Indicates the number of network receive errors for the broker.

Number

Ideally, this value should be minimum or 0.

Network packets received by broker

Indicates the number of packets received by the broker.

Number

 

Network dropped transmit packages

Indicates the number of dropped transmit packages.

Number

 

Network transmit errors for broker

Indicates the number of network transmit errors for the broker.

Number

Ideally, this value should be minimum or 0.

Network packets transmitted by broker

Indicates the number of packets transmitted by the broker.

Number

 

Packets dropped due to exceeding network allocations

Indicates the number of packets dropped due to exceeding network allocations

Number

 

Traffic Bytes

Indicates the size of the network traffic between clients (producers and consumers) and brokers.

MB

 

Average network processors idle percentage

Indicates the average percentage of the time the network processors are idle.

Percent