OCI Load Balancer Status Test

This test continuously monitors the load balancers in the target Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and for each load balancers, this test reports the overall status. This helps the administrators to identify if the load balancer is available or not, thus ensuring its smooth operation.

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 Region:Load Balancer 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.

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.

Detailed Diagnosis

To make diagnosis more efficient and accurate, the eG Enterprise embeds an optional detailed diagnostic capability. With this capability, the eG agents can be configured to run detailed, more elaborate tests as and when specific problems are detected. To enable the detailed diagnosis capability of this test for a particular server, choose the On option. To disable the capability, click on the Off option.

The option to selectively enable/disable the detailed diagnosis capability will be available only if the following conditions are fulfilled:

  • The eG manager license should allow the detailed diagnosis capability
  • Both the normal and abnormal frequencies configured for the detailed diagnosis measures should not be 0.
Measurements made by the test

Measurement

Description

Measurement Unit

Interpretation

Load balancer status

Indicates the status of this load balancer.

 

The values of this measure and their corresponding numeric values are listed below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
OK 100
Pending 95
Incomplete 90
Warning 85
Critical 80
Unknown 75

Note:

By default, this measure reports one of the Measure Values listed in the table above to indicate the status of each load balancer. In the graph of this measure however, the values will be represented using the numeric equivalents.

Use the detailed diagnosis of this measure to find out the name of the load balancer and its state.