Access Management 7.3.1

Monitoring metric types

This page describes the monitoring metric types that are available in AM.

Summary

Metric that samples observations, providing a count of observations, sum total of observed amounts, average rate of events, and moving average rates across sliding time windows.

Fields

When using the Common REST, JMX, or Graphite interfaces, the Summary metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

_id

The metric ID.

_type

The metric type.

count

The number of events recorded for this metric.

total

The sum of the values of events recorded for this metric.

As the increment is always 1, the total and the count will always be equal.

m1_rate

The one-minute average rate.

m5_rate

The five-minute average rate.

m15_rate

The fifteen-minute average rate.

mean_rate

The average rate.

units

A description of the units the metric is presented in.

The following is an example of the authentication.success metric from the Common REST endpoint:

{
  "_id" : "authentication.success",
  "_type" : "summary",
  "count" : 2,
  "total" : 2.0,
  "m1_rate" : 3.2668341885586836E-14,
  "m5_rate" : 7.794695663154025E-5,
  "m15_rate" : 0.01377545747021923,
  "mean_rate" : 8.238608027596704E-4,
  "units" : "events/second"
}

Prometheus fields

The Prometheus endpoint does not provide rate-based statistics, as rates can be calculated from the time-series data.

When using the Prometheus interface, the Summary metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

# TYPE

The metric ID, and type. Formatted as a comment.

_count

The number of events recorded.

_total

The sum of the amounts of events recorded

The following is an example of the am_authentication{outcome="success"} metric from the Prometheus endpoint:

# TYPE am_authentication summary
am_authentication_count{outcome="success"} 2.0
am_authentication_total{outcome="success"} 2.0

Timer

Metric that combines both rate and duration information.

Fields

When using the Common REST, JMX, or Graphite interfaces, the Timer metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

_id

The metric ID.

_type

The metric type.

count

The number of events recorded for this metric.

total

The sum of the durations recorded for this metric.

min

The minimum duration recorded for this metric.

max

The maximum duration recorded for this metric.

mean

The mean average duration recorded for this metric.

stddev

The standard deviation of durations recorded for this metric.

duration_units

The units used for measuring the durations in the metric.

p50

50% of the durations recorded are at or below this value.

p75

75% of the durations recorded are at or below this value.

p95

95% of the durations recorded are at or below this value.

p98

98% of the durations recorded are at or below this value.

p99

99% of the durations recorded are at or below this value.

p999

99.9% of the durations recorded are at or below this value.

m1_rate

The one-minute average rate.

m5_rate

The five-minute average rate.

m15_rate

The fifteen-minute average rate.

mean_rate

The average rate.

rate_units

The units used for measuring the rate of the metric.

Duration-based values, such as min, max, and p50, are weighted towards newer data. By representing approximately the last five minutes of data, the timers make it easier to see recent changes in behavior, rather than a uniform average of recordings since the server was started.

The following is an example of the cts.connection.success metric from the Common REST endpoint:

{
  "_id" : "cts.connection.success",
  "_type" : "timer",
  "count" : 486,
  "total" : 80.0,
  "min" : 0.0,
  "max" : 1.0,
  "mean" : 0.1905615495053855,
  "stddev" : 0.39274399467782056,
  "duration_units" : "milliseconds",
  "p50" : 0.0,
  "p75" : 0.0,
  "p95" : 1.0,
  "p98" : 1.0,
  "p99" : 1.0,
  "p999" : 1.0,
  "m1_rate" : 0.1819109974890356,
  "m5_rate" : 0.05433445522996721,
  "m15_rate" : 0.03155662103953588,
  "mean_rate" : 0.020858521722211427,
  "rate_units" : "calls/second"
}

Prometheus fields

The Prometheus endpoint does not provide rate-based statistics, as rates can be calculated from the time-series data.

When using the Prometheus interface, the Timer metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

# TYPE

The metric ID, and type. Note that the Timer metric type is reported as a Summary type. Formatted as a comment.

_count

The number of events recorded.

_total

The sum of the durations recorded.

{quantile="0.5"}

50% of the durations are at or below this value.

{quantile="0.75"}

75% of the durations are at or below this value.

{quantile="0.95"}

95% of the durations are at or below this value.

{quantile="0.98"}

98% of the durations are at or below this value.

{quantile="0.99"}

99% of the durations are at or below this value.

{quantile="0.999"}

99.9% of the durations are at or below this value.

Duration-based quantile values are weighted towards newer data. By representing approximately the last five minutes of data, the timers make it easier to see recent changes in behavior, rather than a uniform average of recordings since the server was started.

The following is an example of the am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success"} metric from the Prometheus endpoint:

# TYPE am_cts_connection_seconds summary
am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success",quantile="0.5",} 0.0
am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success",quantile="0.75",} 0.0
am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success",quantile="0.95",} 0.001
am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success",quantile="0.98",} 0.001
am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success",quantile="0.99",} 0.001
am_cts_connection_seconds{outcome="success",quantile="0.999",} 0.001
am_cts_connection_count{outcome="success",} 492.0
am_cts_connection_seconds_total{outcome="success",} 0.081

Gauge

Metric for a numerical value that can increase or decrease. The value for a gauge is calculated when requested, and represents the state of the metric at that specific time.

Fields

When using the Common REST, JMX, or Graphite interfaces, the Gauge metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

_id

The metric ID.

_type

The metric type.

value

The current value of the metric.

The following is an example of the jvm.used-memory metric from the Common REST endpoint:

{
  "_id" : "jvm.used-memory",
  "_type" : "gauge",
  "value" : 2.13385216E9
}

Prometheus fields

When using the Prometheus interface, the Timer metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

# TYPE

The metric ID, and type. Formatted as a comment.

{Metric ID}

The current value. Large values may be represented in scientific E-notation.

The following is an example of the am_jvm_used_memory_bytes metric from the Prometheus endpoint:

# TYPE am_jvm_used_memory_bytes gauge
am_jvm_used_memory_bytes 2.13385216E9

Distinct counter

Metric providing an estimate of the number of unique values recorded.

For example, this could be used to estimate the number of unique users who have authenticated, or unique client IP addresses.

The DistinctCounter metric is calculated per instance of AM, and cannot be aggregated across multiple instances to get a site-wide view.

Fields

When using the Common REST, JMX, or Graphite interfaces, the DistinctCounter metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

_id

The metric ID.

_type

The metric type. Note that the distinctCounter type is reported as a gauge type. The output formats are identical.

value

The calculated estimate of the number of unique values recorded in the metric.

The following is an example of the authentication.unique-uuid.success metric from the Common REST endpoint:

{
  "_id" : "authentication.unique-uuid.success",
  "_type" : "gauge",
  "value" : 3.0
}

Prometheus fields

When using the Prometheus interface, the distinctCounter metric type has the following fields:

Field Description

# TYPE

The metric ID, and type. Note that the distinctCounter type is reported as a gauge type. The output formats are identical. Formatted as a comment.

{Metric ID}

The calculated estimate of the number of unique values recorded in the metric.

The following is an example of the am_authentication_unique_uuid{outcome="success"} metric from the Prometheus endpoint:

# TYPE am_authentication_unique_uuid gauge
am_authentication_unique_uuid{outcome="success"} 3.0