Google Cloud Interconnect monitoring
Monitor your Google Cloud Interconnect resources with Site24x7 to get instant alerts when the network connections between your Google Cloud resources experience abnormal traffic like too many dropped packets.
Setup and configuration
- Adding Google Cloud Interconnect while configuring a new Google Cloud monitor
If you have not configured a Google Cloud monitor yet, add one by following the steps below:- Log in to your Site24x7 account.
- Go to Cloud > GCP > Add GCP Monitor or Admin > Cloud Monitoring > Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Provide a unique display name for identification purposes.
- Upload a service account JSON file to authenticate Site24x7 for performing resource discovery.
- Select Cloud Interconnect from the Service/Resource Types drop-down.
- Select existing Notification Profiles, User Alert Groups, Tags, and IT Automation Templates, or add new ones. You can also integrate Site24x7's alarms with your preferred third-party service.
- Click Start GCP Monitoring.
- Adding Google Cloud Interconnect to an existing Google Cloud monitor
If you already have a Google Cloud monitor configured for the service account, you can add Google Cloud Interconnect by following the steps below:- Log in to your Site24x7 account.
- Go to Cloud > GCP, select your GCP monitor, then go to any of the dashboards on the left pane of the monitor.
- Click the hamburger icon and select Edit, which brings you to the Edit GCP Monitor page.
- On the Edit GCP Monitor page, select Cloud Interconnect from the Service/Resource Types drop-down and click Save.
- After successful configuration, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Interconnect. Now you can view the discovered Cloud Interconnect resources.
Polling frequency
Site24x7's Google Cloud Interconnect monitor collects minute-wise data every five minutes.
Supported metrics
Interconnect
Metric name | Description | Statistic | Unit |
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Network Capacity | The active network capacity of Cloud Interconnect | Average | Bytes per second |
Dropped Packets | The total number of data packets dropped due to congestion of the link | Total | Count of packets |
Circuit Receive Power | The average power received by the physical circuit | Average | Decibel-milliwatts (dBm) |
Circuit Transmit Power | The average power transmitted by the physical circuit | Average | dBm |
Ingress Errors | The total number of errors faced during data packet reception | Total | Count of errors |
Ingress Bytes | The total amount of data received by Cloud Interconnect | Total | Bytes |
Egress Errors | The total number of errors faced during data packet dispatch | Total | Count of errors |
Egress Bytes | The total amount of data sent by Cloud Interconnect | Total | Bytes |
Operational Status | The status of Cloud Interconnect | Boolean | Up/Down |
Circuit Operational Status | The status of the Cloud Interconnect circuit | Boolean | Up/Down |
Interconnect attachment
Metric Name | Description | Statistic | Unit |
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Network Capacity | The network capacity of the attachment | Average | Bytes per second |
Ingress Bytes | The amount of inbound data received by the attachment | Total | Bytes |
Ingress Packets | The number of inbound data packets received by the attachment | Total | Count of packets |
Egress Bytes | The amount of outbound data received by the attachment | Total | Bytes |
Egress Packets | The number of outbound data packets received by the attachment | Total | Count of packets |
Threshold configuration
- Global configuration
- In the Site24x7 web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
- Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select Threshold and Availability from the drop-down.
- Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
- For Monitor Type, select Certificate Authority Service.
- Now you can set the threshold values for all the metrics listed above.
- Monitor-level configuration
- In the Site24x7 web client, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Interconnect.
- Select a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon.
- Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Cloud Interconnect Monitor page.
- You can set the threshold values for the metrics with the Threshold and Availability option.
- You can also configure IT Automation at the attribute level.
IT Automation
Site24x7 offers a set of exclusive IT Automation tools that automatically resolve performance degradation issues. These tools react to events proactively rather than waiting for manual intervention. The IT Automation tools automate repetitive tasks and automatically remediate threshold breaches. The alarm engine continually evaluates system events for which thresholds are set and executes the mapped automation when there is a breach
How to configure IT Automation for a monitor
Configuration Rules
Editing multiple monitors to associate different monitor groups or add a different tag can be a tedious process. With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can automate the configuration settings of your monitoring resources. Also, Site24x7 allows you to create custom rules to track configuration changes continuously and achieve the ideal configuration settings.
How to add Configuration Rules
Configuration Details
The Configuration Details tab provides details on the configurations of application instances. To get the configuration details:
- Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud Interconnect.
- Select a resource.
- Click the Configuration Details tab.
Reports
Gain in-depth data about the various parameters of your monitored resources and accentuate your service performance using our insightful reports.
To view reports for a Google Cloud Interconnect resource:
- Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
- Select Cloud Interconnect from the menu on the left.
- You can find the Availability Summary Report, Performance Report, and Inventory Report for one selected monitor. Or you can get the Summary Report, Availability Summary Report, Health Trend Report, and Performance Report for all the Google Cloud Interconnect monitors.
What's next for you?
- Start monitoring your Google Cloud resources in minutes
- Possible reasons why GCP resources are not added for monitoring in Site24x7
- What permissions should I have in my Google account to enable Site24x7's GCP monitoring?
- How to create a service account JSON file to authenticate Site24x7 for the discovery of GCP resources?
- How to create a service account in the GCP console?