WebtoB Service Status Test

This test auto-discovers the services running on the target web server and for each service, this test reports the current status. In addition, this test reports the number of processes that were running, the requests processed and the time taken to respond to requests.

Target of the test : A WebtoB Web Server

Agent deploying the test : An internal agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for the target WebtoB Web server being monitored.

Configurable parameters for the test
Parameter Description

Test Period

How often should the test be executed.

Host

The host for which the test is to be configured.

Port

The port to which the specified host listens. By default, the port number is 8080.

Node Name

Specify the name of the WebtoB node that is to be monitored. To know how to figure out the name of the node, refer to How does eG Enterprise monitor the WebtoB Web server?

Measurements made by the test
Measurement Description Measurement Unit Interpretation

Status

Indicates the current status of this service.

 

The values reported by this measure and its numeric equivalents are mentioned in the table below:

Measure Value Numeric Value
Ready 0
Not ready 1

Note:

By default, this measure reports the current status of each service. The graph of this measure however, is represented using the numeric equivalents only - 0 or 1.

Total process

Indicates the number of processes of this service that were handled during the last measurement period.

Number

 

Number of request processed

Indicates the number of requests that were processed for this service.

Number

Comparing the value of this measure across services helps administrators figure out the service that is processing the maximum number of requests.

Average response time

Indicates the average time taken by this service to respond to requests.

Seconds

A high value for this measure is a cause of concern.

Maximum process

Indicates the maximum number of processes of this service that can be handled by the web server.

Number

 

Process created

Indicates the percentage of processes that were created for this service during the last measurement period.

Percent