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    Creating API Monitoring Task

    Last updated: 2024-11-20 21:36:58
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      This document describes how to create a file transfer task to test the speed of file upload/download and get the speed of application data transfer, which reflects the actual bandwidth fluctuations.

      Directions

      1. Log in to the CAT console.
      2. On the left sidebar, click Tasks.
      3. Click Create task at the top of the Tasks page.
      4. Configure the basic information as follows:
      Configuration Item
      Description
      Test mode
      Select Regular test.
      Task type
      Select File transfer (upload/download) on the PC or mobile.
      Test address
      Enter the target web application address starting with http:// or https://.
      For example:
      1. Domain: http://www.tencent.com
      2. Domain and port: http://www.tencent.com:80
      Note: You need to enter the port when using TCP or UDP in Ping monitoring.
      Test task name
      Enter a custom test task name.
      Test frequency
      It can be 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 60 minutes, or 120 minutes. For example, if you select 5 minutes, each testing node will be tested once every five minutes.
      5. Configure the testing node as follows:
      5.1 Select the method: You can select Recommended location group or Custom location group (the former contains common nodes).
      5.2 Select the location:
      Availability testing nodes: Only network quality and API monitoring tasks are supported. This option is suitable for network quality monitoring, API availability monitoring, and hijacking and blocking detection.
      Scenario-based testing nodes: This option is suitable for page user experience and streaming lag monitoring, availability testing under poor network conditions, CDN selection, and path optimization. It covers global IDC, PC, and mobile testing nodes.
      Recommended testing node group: Commonly used and recommended testing nodes.
      Custom testing node group: Select the region, node type, and testing node on the right box. Node types are as detailed below:
      Testing node Type
      Description
      IDC
      It is the testing node deployed on the PC to test the PC user experience.
      LastMile
      It is the testing node deployed on the end user's PC to test the end user's experience on the PC.
      My testing node group: You can select a common testing node group in Scenario-based testing nodes and click Create testing node group in the bottom-right corner. Then, you can directly select a common testing node you created from My testing node group when creating a task.
      
      
      Suggestions for selection
      IDC and LastMile have different network environments, and the former is more stable than the latter.
      To test the business availability, you can select the more stable IDC.
      To check the access experience and network conditions of end users, we recommend you select LastMile or Mobile to simulate the user access to an application.
      6. Configure the test parameters (optional) as follows: File upload:
      Configuration Item
      Description
      Default Value
      IP type
      It can be Auto, IPv4, or IPv6.
      Auto
      Upload method
      It can be POST or PUT.
      POST
      Download URL of the file to be uploaded
      The specified file will be downloaded through the URL for the upload task. The file size should not exceed the set transferred file size.
      -
      File MD5
      It is optional. If it is not specified, the file to be uploaded will be automatically generated by the testing node.
      -
      Transferred file size
      Define the size of the file to be uploaded, which must be greater than 0 KB and smaller than or equal to 51,200 KB.
      1,024 KB
      Custom host
      It supports polling by IP or random monitoring. Separate IP addresses by comma.
      For example:
      IPv4：192.168.2.1,192.168.2.5:img.a.com|192.168.2.1[8080]:img.a.com
      IPv6：[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1][8080],[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:2][8081]:www.a.com
      -
      File download:
      Configuration Item
      Description
      Default Value
      IP type
      It can be Auto, IPv4, or IPv6.
      Auto
      Transferred file size (KB)
      Define the size of the file to be downloaded, which must be greater than 0 KB and smaller than or equal to 51,200 KB.
      1,024 KB
      Custom host
      It supports polling by IP or random monitoring. Separate IP addresses by comma.
      For example:
      IPv4：192.168.2.1,192.168.2.5:img.a.com|192.168.2.1[8080]:img.a.com
      IPv6：[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1][8080],[0:0:0:0:0:0:0:2][8081]:www.a.com
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      DNS hijacking allowlist
      If the IP from the DNS query is not in the allowlist, hijacking occurred, and the hijacking result can be selected and viewed in the details of the testing statistics. For more information, see Hijacking Monitoring Parameter Description.
      -
      DNS hijacking blocklist
      If the IP from the DNS query is in the blocklist, hijacking occurred, and the hijacking result can be selected and viewed in the details of the testing statistics. For more information, see Hijacking Monitoring Parameter Description.
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