Operational reporting in a computing environment

摘要

In a system that provides network-based computer infrastructure services, a monitoring agent is installed on a computer to gather and report operational metrics from various sources, which may include infrastructure support services as well as elements of the computer itself. Metrics to be gathered and reported by the monitoring agent, as well as the format in which metrics are to be reported, are specified declaratively so that they can be changed without altering the procedural aspects of the monitoring agent.

主权项

1. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed, cause one or more processors to perform acts comprising:
accessing a declarative source specification that specifies (a) a plurality of metrics available from a virtual computer and a virtual computing infrastructure upon which the virtual computer executes, and (b) a set of parameters corresponding to each of the metrics, wherein each set of parameters specifies a source of the corresponding metric; retrieving the plurality of metrics from the virtual computer and the virtual computing infrastructure based at least in part on the declarative source specification; accessing a declarative output specification that specifies a set of the metrics; and providing a report based at least in part on the declarative output specification, wherein the report contains the set of the metrics specified by the declarative output specification; and wherein the acts are executed as a background process, and wherein the declarative source specification comprises a hierarchical collection of name/value pairs.