Configure cloud metrics and logs for Azure API Management self-hosted gateway
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This article provides details for configuring cloud metrics and logs for the self-hosted gateway.
The self-hosted gateway has to be associated with an API management service and requires outbound TCP/IP connectivity to Azure on port 443. The gateway leverages the outbound connection to send telemetry to Azure, if configured to do so.
Metrics
By default, the self-hosted gateway emits a number of metrics through Azure Monitor, same as the managed gateway in the cloud.
The feature can be enabled or disabled using the telemetry.metrics.cloud
key in the ConfigMap of the gateway Deployment. Below is a breakdown of the available configurations:
Field | Default | Description |
---|---|---|
telemetry.metrics.cloud | true |
Enables logging through Azure Monitor. Value can be true , false . |
Here is a sample configuration:
apiVersion: v1
kind: ConfigMap
metadata:
name: contoso-gateway-environment
data:
config.service.endpoint: "<contoso-gateway-management-endpoint>"
telemetry.metrics.cloud: "true"
The self-hosted gateway currently emits the following metrics through Azure Monitor:
Metric | Description |
---|---|
Requests | Number of API requests in the period |
Duration of gateway requests | Number of milliseconds from the moment gateway received request until the moment response sent in full |
Duration of backend requests | Number of milliseconds spent on overall backend IO (connecting, sending and receiving bytes) |
Logs
The self-hosted gateway currently does not send diagnostic logs to the cloud. However, it is possible to configure and persist logs locally where the self-hosted gateway is deployed.
If a gateway is deployed in Azure Kubernetes Service, you can enable Azure Monitor for containers to collect logs from your containers and view them in Log Analytics.
Next steps
- To learn more about the observability capabilities of the Azure API Management gateways.
- To learn more about the self-hosted gateway, see Azure API Management self-hosted gateway overview
- Learn about configuring and persisting logs locally