This step-by-step guide explains how to setup and monitor standalone Network Socket resources using CloudMonix.
In this article
1. Monitoring setup
2. Collect, understand and use your data
2.1 Metrics
2.2 Alerts
2.3 Actions
3. Setup verification and troubleshooting
Did you know?
CloudMonix provides advanced monitoring metrics and features for Network Sockets. Noteworthy:
- CloudMonix receives data by directly connecting and querying Network Socket resources
- pre-configured metrics: response time, resource status
- alerts on resource outages
Setup
a. Add a new Socket resource:
Click the Add New button in the top right corner of your dashboard:
b. Firewall configuration:
CloudMonix monitoring services are hosted in Azure and use static IP addresses to perform monitoring. In certain circumstances user-defined firewall rules may prevent CloudMonix from accessing the monitored resources. Given this scenario, it is necessary to white-list CloudMonix IP addresses as described in this article.
c. Fill in required information in the Definition tab:
Definition tab provides settings for the resource name, host, port, protocol, socket type, configuration template and categories:
Best Practices
Configuration Template setting provides pre-defined configuration templates available in CloudMonix by default as well as previously stored custom templates. See predefined template for Network Sockets for reference.
Definition tab for an existing resource can be accessed by clicking the resource's monitoring settings in the performance dashboard:
d. Advanced configuration:
Advanced configuration tab provides additional monitoring settings, which are already set as default for most use-cases.
Collect, understand and use your data
Specific Metrics, Templates, Alerts and Automation Actions for Network Sockets:
a. Metrics:
Diagnostic data points retrieved from the monitored resource are referred to as metrics . CloudMonix provides default templates for the metrics recommended for common configurations. Metrics can be further added, removed or customized in the Metrics tab of the Network Socket resource configuration dialog:
b. Alerts:
CloudMonix features a sophisticated alert engine that allows alerts to be published for very particular conditions pre-defined by a template configuration or custom based on any of the available metrics. Alerts can be further added, removed or customized in the Alerts tab of the Network Socket resource configuration dialog:
c. Actions:
Actions are automation features that can be configured to fire based on specific conditions or schedule. Actions can be added and configured in the Actions tab of the Socket resource configuration dialog:
Automation allows executing actions on specified conditions. While Network Socket resource itself doesn't support any actions on its own, CloudMonix provides the possibility to execute calls to custom API endpoints via web requests.
Setup verification and troubleshooting
a. Setup verification:
Successful resource setup can be verified by clicking Test button in the resource configuration dialog and visiting the Test Results tab:
b. Troubleshooting monitoring issues:
CloudMonix provides deep insights into resource monitoring issues via the Status Dashboard screen. The screen allows to overview resources that have raised alerts and troubleshoot them by diving into the monitoring logs.
Read the full article on how to use Status Dashboard to diagnose resource monitoring issues.