4.1 Monitoring Secure API Manager

The Deployment Manager monitors the deployment process as well as the status of each component in the system when they are functional. The Status tab displays the status of the different components while the Deployment Manager is in the process of creating and deploying the components. For more information, see Understanding the Secure API Manager Deployment Manager in the NetIQ Secure API Manager 1.1 Installation Guide.

The Deployment Manager also monitors and displays the status of the different components after a successful deployment. The SYSTEM tab displays an overview of the entire system.

NetIQ uses Docker to create the Secure API Manager components. The Deployment Manager moves the deployment log files from Docker and places the files on the local file system of the appliance. The Deployment Manager zips the log files into a log bundle. It then periodically truncates the log files to zero bytes to allow the files to start growing again. Bundling and truncating the log files ensures that they do not use all of the available disk space on the appliances. You can configure size parameters for the deployment log file bundles in the Deployment Manager. For more information, see Configuring and Managing Deployment Logging in the NetIQ Secure API Manager 1.1 Installation Guide.

The Deployment Manager places the files in the /var/opt/microfocus/sapim/logbundles directory on the local file system of the appliance. To avoid having too many log files, the Deployment Manager limits the maximum number of files to 10 files per component.

The names of the log bundles are:

To access the files, you can use the virtual system tools and then open the files in a text editor. You can also download the deployment log file bundles to send to NetIQ Technical Support for troubleshooting. For more information, see Configuring and Managing Deployment Logging in the NetIQ Secure API Manager 1.1 Installation Guide.

The management console provides many different tools that allow you to monitor the Secure API Manager system. When you log in to the management console, the Home page displays general and statistical information about your system, such as system uptime, the version of Java, and the operating system version.

The management console also provides a number of reports for the Secure API Manager system. It has reports about the JVM, system statistics, event tracker, SOAP track, and the message flows. It also provides the ability to view and search the content of the system logs.