Introducing Analytics

This section will introduce the analytics that comes with API Connect and how to begin customizing it for your needs. The analytics that come with API Connect is implemented with open source from the Elastic Stack (ELK – Elasticsearch, Log Stash, and Kibana). In version 5 of API Connect, this component was installed on the management server. With version v10, analytics is separated from the management service and provides greater flexibility and better performance. Analytics servers are associated with Gateways. The administrator configures this relationship in the Topology view in the Cloud Manager. The Gateway collects the metric data for each API executed and sends the data to the associated analytics server.

Architect Tip

While this book is primarily for architects and developers, understanding some basic planning and configurations for analytics can be valuable knowledge. For instance, you should consider using MQ queueing to ensure your Gateway...