Akamai
Send data to Last9 from Akamai for CDN monitoring
Introduction
This document lists step-by-step instructions for Akamai CDN monitoring with Last9.
Prerequisites
Create a Last9 cluster by following Getting Started.
Keep the following information handy after creating the cluster:
$levitate_remote_write_url
- Last9's Remote write endpoint$levitate_remote_write_username
- Cluster ID$levitate_remote_write_password
- Write token created for the cluster
Setup
Last9 uses the Akamai Reporting API to fetch the relevant metrics and push them to Last9.
Create an Akamai API Client for the relevant reporting APIs and share the following credentials with the Last9 team.
The complete list of available reports can be found here.
host
client_token
client_secret
access_token
The data flow is as follows.
CP Codes
Content Provider codes (CP codes) identify your traffic on the Akamai network for reporting, billing, and monitoring purposes. The Last9 Akamai integration needs access to the CP Codes from your account to map the metrics underlying the CP Code correctly. Please share the CP Codes in the following CSV format.
Network(ESSL/FF),CPCode,Expected peak hits/s for the CPCode,List of hostnames,Path
ESSL,1395076,65000,playback-content.mystreamingservice.com,/stream/v1/users
Standard Akamai Metrics
This integration collects following standard metrics from Akamai for given CP codes.
edgeHits
hitsOffload
originHits
bytesOffload
edgeBytes
midgressBytes
originBytes
edgeHitsTotal
originHitsTotal
hitsOffload
bytesOffload
edgeBytesTotal
midgressBytesTotal
originBytesTotal
The Akamai reporting API reports metrics at 5-minute intervals.
Next steps
Once the credentials are shared with the Last9 team, the Akamai connector will be enabled for your account. Moreover, metrics will start flowing into your Last9 cluster.
Troubleshooting
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