Progress OEAS Server Test

Progress Application Server (PAS) for OpenEdge is a web application server based on Apache Tomcat that supports OpenEdge and other Progress products. It is efficient, scalable, secure and easy to install and manage. Progress applications are packaged as Web application archives (WAR files) and deployed to the Java Servlet Container of a running instance of PAS. Client access to a PAS server is through HTTP/HTTPS protocols. If the server had stopped working, the client will not be able to access the server, resulting in the increase in the queue length or read/write errors.

This test monitors the target Progress OpenEdge Server and reports the current state of the server. This test helps administrators figure out the read/write request processing ability of the target server. Additionally, using this test, administrators can figure out the errors that were noticed while read/write requests were being processed by the server.

Target of the test: Progress OpenEdge Server

Agent deploying the test: An internal/remote agent

Outputs of the test: One set of results for Progress OpenEdge Server 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	The port at which the server listens to. The default is 8810.
Username, Password and Confirm Password	By default, the eG agent uses REST API to connect to the target Progress OpenEdge Application server and collect the required metrics. For this, the eG agent should be configured with the credentials of a user with operator role. Specify the login credentials of such a user in the User and Password text boxes and confirm the Password by retyping it in the Confirm Password text box.
Server	Specify the name of the specific server instance to be monitored for a Progress OpenEdge Application server.
Server Port	Specify the port at which the target server instance listens to for HTTP/HTTPS requests. By default, this is port 8810.
SSL	If the Progress OpenEdge Application server being monitored is an SSL-enabled server, then set the SSL flag to Yes. This flag is set to No by default.
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
State	Indicates the state of the server.		The values that this measure reports and their corresponding numeric values are listed in the table below: Measure Value Numeric Value Started 1 Stopped 0 Note: By default, this measure reports the Measure Values discussed in the table above. However, in the graph of this measure, the status of the server is indicated using the numeric equivalents only i.e., 0 or 1. The detailed diagnosis of this measure indicates the type of server, the status and state of the server.
Requests	Indicates the number of requests handled during the last measurement period.	Requests/sec
Reads	Indicates the rate at which read requests were handled during the last measurement period.	Reads/sec	This measure serves as an effective indicator of the ability of the server to process read requests.
Writes	Indicates the rate at which write requests were handled during the last measurement period.	Writes/sec	This measure serves as an effective indicator of the ability of the server to process write requests.
Read errors	Indicates the rate at which errors had occurred when read requests were handled during the last measurement period.	Reads/sec	Ideally, the value of this measure is desired to be zero.
Write errors	Indicates the rate at which errors had occurred when write requests were handled during the last measurement period.	Writes/sec	Ideally, the value of this measure is desired to be zero.
Average queue length	Indicates the average queue length.	Number	A consistent increase in the value of this measure could indicate a processing bottleneck.
Total requests	Indicates the total number of requests handled by the server.	Number