OCI Load Balancer Performance Test

This test continuously monitors the load balancers in the target Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and for each load balancer, this test reports the connections, SSL activity, traffic rates, and HTTP requests. Using this test, administrators can probe into why SSL handshakes had failed.

Target of the test: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Load Balancer

Agent deploying the test: A Remote Agent

Outputs of the test: One set of results for each Load Balancer:Region ID that is being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter

Description

Test period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The IP address of the target host to be monitored.

Port

Specify the port at which the specified host listens to.

Tenancy ID

To monitor the target OCI Load Balancer, the eG agent has to be configured with the Tenancy ID of the user who is authorized to access the OCI Load Balancer. To know how to determine a Tenancy ID, refer to Generating an API Key.

Confirm Tenancy ID

Confirm the Tenancy ID by re-typing in the Confirm Tenancy ID text box.

Compartment ID

Specify the ID of the compartment in which the load balancer that you want to monitor is grouped, in the Compartment ID text box. To know how to view the Compartment ID, refer to Viewing the Compartment ID.

Confirm Compartment ID

Confirm the Compartment ID by re-typing in the Confirm Compartment ID text box.

User ID

Specify the ID of the user who is authorized to access the OCI Load Balancer in the User ID text box. You can either create a new user or use an existing user for this purpose. To create a new user and obtain the User ID of the user, refer to Pre-requisites for Monitoring Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Load Balancer.

Confirm User ID

Confirm the User ID by re-typing in the Confirm User ID text box.

Fingerprint

The fingerprint authenticates the API call, confirming its origin from the designated user i.e., the user who is authorized to access the target OCI Load Balancer. By default, the fingerprint is exposed while creating a new user and generating an API Key. Specify the fingerprint that you had noted down earlier while generating the API Key in the Fingerprint text box. To know how to identify the fingerprint, refer to Generating an API Key.

Confirm Fingerprint

Confirm the Fingerprint by re-typing in the Confirm Fingerprint text box.

Private Key File Path

Specify the full path to the Private Key that you have downloaded while generating an API key in the Private Key File Path text box. By default, the Private key is downloaded as a .pem file. For example, your location can be: /opt/egurkha/oci/oci_key.pem

Regions

Specify the region where the load balancer and its associated resources are tied to in the Regions text box. To know the region, refer to Generating an API Key.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement

Description

Measurement Unit

Interpretation

Accepted connections

Indicates the total number of connections accepted by the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Accepted SSL handshakes

Indicates the total number of SSL handshakes accepted by the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Active connections

Indicates the number of connections that were open to the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Active SSL connections

Indicates the total number of active SSL connections in the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Data received rate

Indicates the rate at which data was received by the load balancers in this region.

KB/sec

Compare the value of this measure across the load balancers to know which load balancer is receiving maximum data.

Data sent rate

Indicates the rate at which data was transmitted from the load balancers in this region.

KB/sec

Compare the value of this measure across the load balancers to know which load balancer is transmitting maximum data.

Failed SSL client certificate verifications

Indicates the total number of SSL client certificate verifications that had failed in the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Failed SSL handshakes

Indicates the total number of failed SSL handshakes in the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Handled connections

Indicates the total number of connections that were handled by the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

HTTP requests

Indicates the number of HTTP requests processed by the load balancers in this region.

Number

 

Peak bandwidth

Indicates the peak bandwidth in the load balancers in this region.

MB/sec