Authorization Policies Test

For many ADC features, policies control how a feature evaluates data, which ultimately determines what the feature does with the data. A policy uses a logical expression, also called a rule, to evaluate requests, responses, or other data, and applies one or more actions determined by the outcome of the evaluation. Alternatively, a policy can apply a profile, which defines a complex action.

A policy label is a user-defined bind point to which policies are bound. When a policy label is invoked, all the policies bound to it are evaluated in the order of the priority you configured. A policy label can include one or more policies, each of which can be assigned its own result. A match on one policy in the policy label can result in proceeding to the next policy, invoking a different policy label or appropriate resource, or an immediate end to policy evaluation and return of control to the policy that invoked the policy label. You can create policy labels only for advanced policies.

This test auto-discovers the policy labels that have been configured on the ADC, and reports the number of a times each policy label was invoked.

Target of the test : An ADC VPX/MPX

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each policy label configured on the ADC appliance being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test Period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The IP address of the host for which the test is being configured.
NetScaler Username and NetScaler Password	To monitor a ADC device, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with read-only privileges to the target ADC device. Specify the credentials of such a user in the NetScaler Username and NetScaler Password text boxes.
SSL	The eG agent collects performance metrics by invoking NITRO (ADC Interface Through Restful interfaces and Objects) APIs on the target ADC device. Typically, the NITRO APIs can be invoked through the HTTP or the HTTPS mode. By default, the eG agent invokes the NITRO APIs using the HTTPS mode. This is why, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default. If the target ADC device is not SSL-enabled, then the NITRO APIs can be accessed through the HTTP mode only. In this case, set the SSL flag to No.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Policy label hits	Indicates the number of times this policy label of the ADC was invoked.	Number	Compare the value of this measure across labels to identify which label was invoked often.