Google Cloud Secure Web Proxy monitoring

If you use Google Cloud Secure Web Proxy, utilize Site24x7 to:

Detect traffic that does not conform to organization policies.
Know if your proxies lead to too much latency.
Get alerts if there are suspicious amounts of data going in and out of your proxy.
Monitor the inbound and outbound network bandwidth.

Setup and configuration

Adding Google Secure Web Proxy 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 Secure Web Proxy in the Select the Resources for Monitoring list.
6. Select existing Notification Profiles, User Alerts Groups, Tags, and IT Automations or add new ones. You can also integrate Site24x7's alarms with your preferred third-party service.
7. Click Start GCP Monitoring.
Adding Secure Web Proxy to an existing Google Cloud monitor

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

Note

It will take approximately 15-30 minutes to discover new GCP resources.

Polling frequency

Site24x7's Google Cloud Secure Web Proxy monitor collects metrics data every minute and the statuses of your Google Cloud Secure Web Proxy resources every five minutes.

Supported metrics

Metric name	Description	Statistic	Unit
Backend Latency	Average time taken from when the request is sent to the final response byte	Average	Milliseconds
Request Bytes	Data, in bytes, sent as requests from an HTTP or HTTPS load balancer to clients	Average	Bytes
Request Count	Number of requests handled by the HTTP or HTTPS load balancer within the selected timeframe	Average	Count
Response Bytes	Data, in bytes, sent as a response from an HTTP or HTTPS load balancer to clients	Average	Bytes
Total Latency	Average time taken to receive the acknowledgement after the request is sent to the 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 Secure Web Proxy.
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 > Secure Web Proxy.
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 Secure Web Proxy 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 > Secure Web Proxy.
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 > Secure Web Proxy.
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 Secure Web Proxy resource:

Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
Select Secure Web Proxy 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 Secure Web Proxy monitors.

You can also get reports from the Summary tab of the Secure Web Proxy 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.