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Google Cloud VPN monitoring integration

Track your Cloud VPNs and their connections by integrating your Google Cloud VPN with Site24x7. Identify bottlenecks with reliable metrics, define thresholds, and get alerts when there is a breach.

Table of contents

Setup and configuration

  • Adding Google Cloud VPN 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 Cloud VPN 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 VPN to an existing Google Cloud monitor

    If you already have a Google Cloud monitor configured for the service account, you can add Cloud VPN 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 Hamburger icon 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 Cloud VPN from the Select the Resources for Monitoring list and click Save.
    5. After successful configuration, go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud VPN. Now you can view the discovered Cloud VPN resources.
It will take approximately five minutes to discover new GCP resources.

Polling frequency

Site24x7's Cloud VPN monitor collects the metrics data every five minutes and the statuses of your Cloud VPN resources every minute.

Supported metrics

Metric name Description Statistic Unit
Incoming Packets Dropped The average ingress (received from peer VPN) packets dropped for the tunnel Average Count
Number of Connections The total number of HA connections per VPN gateway Total Count
Outgoing Packets Dropped The average egress (directed to peer VPN) packets dropped for the tunnel Average Count
Received Bytes The average ingress (received from peer VPN) bytes for the tunnel Average Bytes
Received Packets The total ingress (received from peer VPN) packets for the tunnel Total Count
Sent Bytes The total egress (directed to peer VPN) packets for the tunnel Total Count
Sent Packets The total number of packets sent from the backend of the external network load balancer to the client Total Count
Tunnel Established The total successful tunnel establishments greater than zero Total Count

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 Cloud VPN.
    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 > Cloud VPN.
    2. Select a resource you would like to set a threshold for, then click the hamburger Hamburger icon icon.
    3. Select Edit, which directs you to the Edit Cloud VPN 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

With Site24x7's IT Automation tools, you can streamline your operations, reduce manual effort, and proactively address performance issues. The alarm engine in Site24x7 continually evaluates system events based on the thresholds you have set. When a breach occurs, the mapped automation associated with that event is triggered, ensuring prompt remediation and minimizing the impact on your IT infrastructure.

How to configure IT Automation for a monitor

Configuration Rules

With Site24x7's Configuration Rules, you can optimize your monitoring setup, save time, and efficiently manage your monitoring resources. Associate different monitor groups or add specific tags to multiple monitors simultaneously. This eliminates the need to manually edit each monitor individually, saving you valuable time and effort.

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:

  1. Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud VPN.
  2. Select a resource.
  3. Click the Summary tab.

Configuration Details

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

  1. Go to Cloud > GCP > Cloud VPN.
  2. Select a resource.
  3. 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 Cloud VPN resource:

  1. Go to the Reports section on the left navigation pane.
  2. Select Cloud VPN from the menu on the left.
  3. 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 Cloud VPN monitors.

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

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

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