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AWS ELBv2

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AWS ELBv2

The AWS Elastic Load Balancing v2 (ELBv2) integration allows you to monitor your AWS ELBv2 service through FortiMonitor.

To add the AWS ELBv2 service to your FortiMonitor account:

  1. Follow the instructions provided in Connecting FortiMonitor and CloudWatch.

  2. Under Services, select ELBv2.

Metrics

The following table describes the metrics supported by FortiMonitor for ELBv2.

See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-cloudwatch-metrics.html for more information.

Metric

Unit

Description

Active Connection Count

Count

The total number of simultaneous TCP connections active from clients to the load balancer and from the load balancer to targets.

Client TLS Negotiation Error Count

Count

The number of TLS connections initiated by the client that did not establish a session with the load balancer

Active Flow Count

Count

The total number of concurrent flows (or connections) from clients to targets.

Consumed LCUs

Count

The number of load balancer capacity units (LCU) used by your load balancer.

Healthy Host Count

Count

The number of targets that are considered healthy.

New Flow Count

Count

The total number of new flows (or connections) established from clients to targets in the time period.

TCP Client Reset Count

Count

The total number of reset (RST) packets sent from a client to a target.

TCP ELB Reset Count

Count

The total number of reset (RST) packets generated by the load balancer.

TCP Target Reset Count

Count

The total number of reset (RST) packets sent from a target to a client.

HTTP Code ELB 4XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 4xx error codes that originate from the load balancer.

HTTP Code ELB 5XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 5xx error codes that originate from the load balancer.

HTTP Code Target 2XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 2xx response codes generated by the targets.

HTTP Code Target 3XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 3xx response codes generated by the targets.

HTTP Code Target 4XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 4xx response codes generated by the targets.

HTTP Code Target 5XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 5xx response codes generated by the targets.

IPv6 Processed Bytes

Bytes

The total number of bytes processed by the load balancer over IPv6.

IPv6 Request Count

Count

The number of IPv6 requests received by the load balancer.

New Connection Count

Count

The total number of new TCP connections established from clients to the load balancer and from the load balancer to targets.

Processed Bytes

Count

The total number of bytes processed by the load balancer over IPv4 and IPv6.

Rejected Connection Count

Count

The number of connections that were rejected because the load balancer had reached its maximum number of connections.

Request Count

Count

The number of requests processed over IPv4 and IPv6.
Options for Average, Maximum, Minimum and Sum are available. Note per AWS, all except Sum return a value of 1.

Request Count Per Target

Count

The average number of requests received by each target in a target group.

Rule Evaluations

Count

The number of rules processed by the load balancer given a request rate averaged over an hour.

Target Connection Error Count

Count

The number of connections that were not successfully established between the load balancer and target.

Target Response Time

Seconds

The time elapsed, in seconds, after the request leaves the load balancer until a response from the target is received.

Target TLS Negotiation Error Count

Count

The number of TLS connections initiated by the load balancer that did not establish a session with the target.

UnHealthy Host Count

Count

The number of targets that are considered unhealthy.

AWS ELBv2

The AWS Elastic Load Balancing v2 (ELBv2) integration allows you to monitor your AWS ELBv2 service through FortiMonitor.

To add the AWS ELBv2 service to your FortiMonitor account:

  1. Follow the instructions provided in Connecting FortiMonitor and CloudWatch.

  2. Under Services, select ELBv2.

Metrics

The following table describes the metrics supported by FortiMonitor for ELBv2.

See https://docs.aws.amazon.com/elasticloadbalancing/latest/application/load-balancer-cloudwatch-metrics.html for more information.

Metric

Unit

Description

Active Connection Count

Count

The total number of simultaneous TCP connections active from clients to the load balancer and from the load balancer to targets.

Client TLS Negotiation Error Count

Count

The number of TLS connections initiated by the client that did not establish a session with the load balancer

Active Flow Count

Count

The total number of concurrent flows (or connections) from clients to targets.

Consumed LCUs

Count

The number of load balancer capacity units (LCU) used by your load balancer.

Healthy Host Count

Count

The number of targets that are considered healthy.

New Flow Count

Count

The total number of new flows (or connections) established from clients to targets in the time period.

TCP Client Reset Count

Count

The total number of reset (RST) packets sent from a client to a target.

TCP ELB Reset Count

Count

The total number of reset (RST) packets generated by the load balancer.

TCP Target Reset Count

Count

The total number of reset (RST) packets sent from a target to a client.

HTTP Code ELB 4XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 4xx error codes that originate from the load balancer.

HTTP Code ELB 5XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 5xx error codes that originate from the load balancer.

HTTP Code Target 2XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 2xx response codes generated by the targets.

HTTP Code Target 3XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 3xx response codes generated by the targets.

HTTP Code Target 4XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 4xx response codes generated by the targets.

HTTP Code Target 5XX Count

Count

The number of HTTP 5xx response codes generated by the targets.

IPv6 Processed Bytes

Bytes

The total number of bytes processed by the load balancer over IPv6.

IPv6 Request Count

Count

The number of IPv6 requests received by the load balancer.

New Connection Count

Count

The total number of new TCP connections established from clients to the load balancer and from the load balancer to targets.

Processed Bytes

Count

The total number of bytes processed by the load balancer over IPv4 and IPv6.

Rejected Connection Count

Count

The number of connections that were rejected because the load balancer had reached its maximum number of connections.

Request Count

Count

The number of requests processed over IPv4 and IPv6.
Options for Average, Maximum, Minimum and Sum are available. Note per AWS, all except Sum return a value of 1.

Request Count Per Target

Count

The average number of requests received by each target in a target group.

Rule Evaluations

Count

The number of rules processed by the load balancer given a request rate averaged over an hour.

Target Connection Error Count

Count

The number of connections that were not successfully established between the load balancer and target.

Target Response Time

Seconds

The time elapsed, in seconds, after the request leaves the load balancer until a response from the target is received.

Target TLS Negotiation Error Count

Count

The number of TLS connections initiated by the load balancer that did not establish a session with the target.

UnHealthy Host Count

Count

The number of targets that are considered unhealthy.