How to monitor Managed Database in Akamai Cloud

Site24x7 monitors the availability of your Akamai Cloud's Managed Databases in real time, continuously tracking its status and outages so IT teams can respond before application failures cause service disruptions.

Use cases

Here are some use cases for Managed Databases monitoring:

Database uptime: The Summary tab shows your database status and availability in real time, helping administrators quickly detect outages and initiate recovery before they affect dependent services.
Outage history: Tracking downtime count and duration gives you a clear record of database outages over time, making it easier to spot recurring issues and decide when to fix or escalate them.

Benefits of Managed Databases in Akamai Cloud monitoring

Availability insights: Uncover patterns in downtime to prioritize and resolve persistent reliability issues quickly.
SLA tracking: Ensure compliance by measuring uptime against commitments, driving accountability for service guarantees.
Operational visibility: Enable thorough reviews and long-term improvements by providing complete uptime records for every database.

Setup and configuration

The Managed databases resources are auto-discovered and monitored during the Akamai integration. To enable monitoring, follow the steps below:

Log in to Site24x7.
Navigate to Cloud > Akamai > Add Akamai Cloud Monitor. Follow the steps to add an Akamai monitor.
While adding or editing an Akamai monitor, select Managed Database from the Service/Resource Types drop-down and click Save.
Go to Cloud > Akamai Cloud, select the created Akamai monitor, and then click Managed Database.

Note

Managed databases will be discovered during the next discovery cycle as per the discovery frequency you selected during Akamai monitor creation.

Data collection frequency

Based on the configured poll interval, performance metrics of your Akamai Managed Databases are collected and updated in the Site24x7 portal every five minutes by default.

Monitor data

Summary

The Summary tab provides a quick overview of each database instance's operational status. It includes information on availability, the number of downtime incidents, total downtime duration, and SLA achievement. This allows you to verify that your managed databases are online and meeting reliability standards.

Outages

The Outages tab displays outage details, including start time, end time, duration, and related comments, to facilitate tracking and reviewing downtime events.

Notes

The Notes tab allows you to record descriptions, operational context, runbook steps, recent changes, or reference links to keep your team informed. Format content using Markdown syntax.

Log Reports

The Log Reports tab provides a unified view of the Managed Databases monitor's log status and enables CSV report downloads for analysis and auditing.

Alert Logs

The Alert Logs tab presents a chronological list of alerts triggered by the Managed Databases monitor, supporting alert history review, severity analysis, and threshold validation.