Architecture
PATROL for Google Cloud Compute enables you to monitor Google Cloud Compute Engine, App Engine, and Cloud Function services.
A typical architecture for PATROL for Google Cloud Compute is as follows:
PATROL for Google Cloud Compute collector details
The following table lists different PATROL for Google Cloud Compute collectors and explains how they work:
Attribute name | Scheduling (Poll time) | Description |
|---|---|---|
gcpConsumer | 5 minutes | This collector launches the external java process, reads the data from external process and sends it back to the PATROL Agent. |
gcpInventory | 10 minutes | This collector is responsible for discovering the configured services (Compute Engine) for monitoring. It also creates and destroys necessary instances and sets the value of the attributes. |
CollVMs | 5 minutes | This collector collects the performance attributes of the Compute Engine instances discovered by the KM. |