Agent Health Check

Overview

You can use this document to learn about the health components for an agent. 

Reference

Review the following health check types.

streamer

This type represents the streaming destination, such as Sumo Logic, Elastic, etc. 

tailer

This type represents a source, such as files, Kubernetes, etc.

http_client

This type represents anything that communicates to the HTTP endpoint, which includes streaming destinations and Edge Delta. 

backend

This type reports the responses when trying to send data, such as 200, 400, 500, etc. 

archive_reporter

This type represents the archive destination, such as S3. 

Instructions

View Agent Health Check

1. In the Edge Delta App, on the left-side navigation, click Data Pipeline, and then click Pipeline Status. 
2. Navigate to the table of Active Agents, then locate the desired agent, then under Actions, click the vertical ellipses, and then click View Health.
3. The Instance Count column displays the number of unique components. 
   • By default, streamer contains at least 3 components (Elastic, Influx, and S3). 
4. Review the health check types.