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Monitoring Microservices and Their Host VMs

On the dashboard, the CSP Microservices Overview provides information about the VMs that host microservices. The focus of the CSP Microservices Overview is the VMs that host the microservices.

To monitor microservices and their host VMs:

  1. In the left navigation bar, click Dashboard.

    The dashboard appears, displaying several arrays of information.

  2. (Optional) In the CSP Microservices Overview array, hover over a colored square in the array to see the latest event message for a specific parameter and host.
  3. (Optional) In the CSP Microservices Overview array, click a colored square to see detailed information for a specific parameter and host.
  4. (Optional) In the CSP Microservices Overview array, click an IP address to view all the event messages for a host.
  5. (Optional) In the CSP Microservices Overview array, click a parameter name to view event messages on all hosts for that parameter.

See Table 1 for information about the monitoring parameters used for VNFs and the VMs that host them.

Table 1: Parameters for Monitoring VNFs and Their Host VMs

Parameter

Meaning

check cpu usage

Percentage of unused CPU capacity

check disk IO

Status of host’s input and output mechanisms for storage

check disk usage

Available storage on the VM that hosts the microservice

check elasticsearch

Number of processes associated with the database

check load average

Measure of load compared to specified values for warning and critical states

check memory usage

Percentage of RAM and swap memory used

check network usage

Percentage of network resources used

check nsdui

Availability of the Network Service Designer application

check open files

Number of open files compared to specified values for warning and critical states

check paging stats

Amount of data moved from RAM to swap memory compared to specified values for warning and critical states

check socket usage

Number of software connections compared to specified values for warning and critical states

check_contrail_api

Number of Contrail API processes

check_contrail_config

Number of Contrail configuration processes

check_contrail_control

Number of Contrail control processes

check_contrail_database

Number of Contrail database processes

check_contrail_vrouter

Number of Contrail Vrouter processes

check_contrail_vrouter_agent

Number of Contrail Vrouter agent processes

check_contrail_web

Number of Contrail web core processes

check_ifmap_server

Number of Interface for Metadata Access Points (IF-MAP) processes

check_nova_api

Number of Nova API processes

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