Microservices Runtime Requests Test

In webMethods Microservices Runtime, an API catalogue is a centralized repository or registry that lists, organizes, and manages all available APIs and microservices within the environment. This enables discovery, reuse, and lifecycle management of APIs, making it easier for developers and consumers to find, understand, and use the right services. A service in webMethods Microservices Runtime refers to a specific business function or operation that is exposed as part of a microservice or API. Services can be implemented as REST endpoints, messaging handlers, or integration flows, and are grouped within packages for deployment and management.

Requests in webMethods Microservices Runtime are routed through the API catalogue to the appropriate service, leveraging the catalogue for discovery, access control, and management, while the service itself executes the business logic and returns the response. This test helps the administrators to monitor the request rate closely since high failed request rate can degrade service health, trigger cascading failures, hinder effective scaling, and increase operational costs, making it crucial to monitor, diagnose, and resolve the root causes promptly.

Target of the test : webMethods Microservices Runtime

Agent deploying the test : A remote agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for each API catalogue:service in the target webMethods Microservices Runtime server.

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed
Host	The IP address of the target for which the test is to be configured.
Port	The port number at which the specified target listens to. By default, this will be 5555.
User and Password	Specify the credentials of a user who has the right to execute API commands on the target and pull out metrics. The specified user is the User who should possess Administator privileges and should be associated with the Logon as a Service policy.
Confirm Password	Confirm the password by retyping it here.
SSL	Set this flag to Yes, if the target being monitored is SSL-enabled.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
Total requests since the last polling interval	Indicates the total number of requests processed by this service since the last polling interval.	Number
Total requests rate	Indicates the rate at which the total requests are processed in this service.	Requests/minute
Successful requests	Indicates the number of successful requests in this service.	Number
Failure requests	Indicates the number of failed requests in this service.	Number
Other requests	Indicates the number of other requests in this service.	Number	Unlike traditional synchronous incoming service calls (e.g., REST or SOAP API calls), other request types enable asynchronous, reactive, or time-driven processing patterns, which are essential for scalable and flexible microservice architectures in webMethods Microservices Runtime.
Average request time since the last polling interval	Indicates the average request time since the last polling interval.	Milliseconds