Google Cloud Networking monitor

Managing your network interfaces in Google Cloud Networking will be made easier with Site24x7 monitoring integration. With Site24x7's Google Cloud Networking monitoring, you can set alerts based on critical metrics like connection count and latencies. Learn more.

Setup and configuration

Adding Google Cloud Networking while configuring a new Google Cloud monitor

If you have not configured a Google Cloud monitor yet, add one by following the steps below:
1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Go to Cloud > GCP > Add GCP Monitor or Admin > Cloud Monitoring > Google Cloud Platform(GCP).
3. Provide a unique display name for identification purposes.
4. Upload a service account JSON file to authenticate Site24x7 for performing resource discovery.
5. Select Networking from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list.
6. Select existing Notification Profiles, User Alerts Groups, Tags, and IT Automation Templates or add new ones. You can also integrate Site24x7's alarms with your preferred third-party service.
7. Click Start GCP Monitoring.
Adding Google Cloud Networking to an existing Google Cloud monitor

If you already have a Google Cloud monitor configured for the service account, you can add Google Cloud Networking by following the steps below:
1. Log in to your Site24x7 account.
2. Go to Cloud > GCP and select your GCP monitor.
3. Click the hamburger icon next to Service View and select Edit, which brings you to the Edit GCP Monitor page.
4. On the Edit GCP Monitor page, select Networking from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list and click Save.
5. After successful configuration, go to Cloud > GCP > Networking. Now you can view the discovered Google Cloud Networking resources.

Note

It will take approximately five minutes to discover new GCP resources.

Polling frequency

Site24x7's Google Cloud Networking monitor collects minute-wise metric data, and the statuses of your Google Cloud Networking are reported every five minutes.

Supported metrics

Metric name	Description	Statistic	Unit
Connection Count	The total number of active connections during data collection	Total	Count
Egress bytes	The average difference of outgoing data during a time interval	Average	Bytes
Ingres bytes	The average difference of incoming data during a time interval	Average	Bytes
Egress Packets per VM	The average difference in the change of outgoing data packets divided by the number of VM instances	Average	Bytes
Ingress Packets per VM	The average difference in the change of incoming data packets divided by the number of VM instances	Average	Bytes
External RTT latencies	The average round trip time (RTT) distribution of latency between external load balancer and external client	Average`	Milliseconds
RTT latencies	The average round trip time (RTT) distribution of latency between load balancer and client	Average`	Milliseconds

Threshold configuration

Global configuration
1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to the Admin section on the left navigation pane.
2. Select Configuration Profiles from the left pane and select Threshold and Availability from the drop-down menu.
3. Click Add Threshold Profile in the top-right corner.
4. For Monitor Type, select Networking.
5. Now you can set the threshold values for the metrics listed above.
Monitor-level configuration
1. In the Site24x7 web client, go to Cloud > GCP > Networking.
2. Select a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger icon.
3. Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Networking Monitor page.
4. You can set the threshold values for the metrics with the Threshold and Availability option.
5. 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

Summary

The Summary tab will give you the performance data organized by time for the metrics listed above. To view the summary:

Go to Cloud > GCP > Networking.
Select a resource.
Click the Summary tab.

Configuration Details

The Configuration Details tab provides details on the configurations of application instances. To get the configuration details:

Go to Cloud > GCP > Networking.
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 Networking resource:

Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
Select Networking 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 Networking monitors.

You can also get reports from the Summary tab of the Google Cloud Networking monitor:

Click the Summary tab.
Get the Availability Summary Report of the monitor by clicking Availability.
You can also find the Performance Report of the monitor by clicking any chart title.