In this lesson, we will cover the following topics:
- Health Monitoring with SAP Cloud ALM
- Analyze API usage and performance with the build-in Advanced API Analytics
- Logging with Message Logging Policy
- Inspection
Health Monitoring with SAP Cloud ALM
In the Health Monitoring application, you can check the health of your monitored cloud service and technical systems from an application and customer perspective. Technical metrics are collected regularly and can be used to calculate the overall health of the monitored object. The monitored metrics are defined by the service itself and can differ for each service type. At the moment, only health monitoring with the SAP Cloud ALM solution is possible.
Analyze API Usage and Performance with Build-in Advanced API Analytics
Advanced API Analytics brings an all-new analytics dashboard, providing powerful tools and in-depth reports for analyzing your API usage and performance. The reports are categorized across report pages, with each report page providing information about key API metrics, which are relevant for both business users and API developers.
Navigate to Monitor→APIs. The analytics dashboard opens.
There are many views and settings options to visualize relevant information.
Logging with Message Logging Policy
If you want to use a logging solution, API Management lets you send syslog messages to the third-party log management service. If you want to send syslog to a third-party service, follow the service documentation.
Third-party log management services are as follows:
- Splunk
- Sumo Logic
- Loggly
- Others
A syslog message contains the following elements and attributes of Request and/or Response depending on the place at the flow.
- Message (Payload)
- Host
- Port
- Protocol
As a result, the following screenshot shows the use of Splunk:
Resources
Health Monitoring with SAP Cloud ALM
- Read more here: Health Monitoring
- Read more here: Supported Solutions
Analyze API usage and performance with the Build-in Advanced API Analytics.
Read more here: Analyze APIs
Logging with Message Logging Policy
- Read more about using Splunk and Message Logging Policy: Splunk - Part 1: SAP APIM Logging & Monitoring
- Read more about using Loggly and Message Logging Policy: Part 7 - API Security Best Practices - Log all API interactions
- Read more about the Message Logging Policy: Message Logging Policy
Inspection
- Read more in a blog to use: Inspecting and understanding resources consumption of your integration
- Read more at help.sap.com: Inspect Resource Consumption for Individual Integration Flow
Summary
You can examine the metrics, usage, and performance of individual API calls with the build-in Advanced API Analytics and SAP Cloud ALM product. Communication parameters and payload can be logged with the Message Logging Policy, which compiles the corresponding data and uses an external solution such as Loggly or others to visualize it.