Monitor with NCache Monitor Custom Dashboard

You can add a custom dashboard to place the counters for monitoring according to your own requirement.

Pre-Requisite

Please make sure that the time of your server machine and the machine where NCache Web Mnager is running is synced with the World Clock Time.
Make sure NCache Service is started. If it is not started, do the following:

Windows Environment
Linux Environment

In PowerShell, enter the following command:

Start-Service -Name NCacheSvc

For .NET Core, make sure that you run NCache service as an administrator. Here are the steps to do so:

Open Services window and look for NCache in the list.
Right click on NCacheSvc from the list and choose Properties.
Go to the Log On tab and click on the Browse button.
In the object name field, type Administrator and click on the Check Names button.
It will pick the appropriate Administrator, then click OK.
Now, set a Password and click OK.
Right click on the NCache service and choose the Restart option. Now your service will start running as administrator.

In a terminal of your choice, type the following command:

> sudo systemctl start ncached

In order to monitor cache counters in custom dashboard, follow the steps below:

Create Custom Dashboard

Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).
From the left navigation bar, click on the Clustered Caches or Local Caches based on your requirement.

Monitor with Custom Dashboard Web

Click on the "..." button on the right corner against the cache name and click on Monitor Cluster. Make sure that the cache is already running.

Monitor Cluster Custom Dashboard

In the new tab, you will see a sign in the top bar.
On pressing the plus button a text box for the dashboard name and the view will be provided.

Enter Dashboard Name Web

Provide the name and the view and then click Create.

You will get a success message displayed on the screen at the creation of the dashboard.

Monitor Cache Counters

After the creation of the dashboard, open the Counter Panel by clicking on the arrow head on the right corner of the page.

Server Counters Custom Dashboard Web

From the list opened, drag and drop the required counters from the Server or Client category.

Client Counters Custom Dashboard Web

The custom dashboard after dragging various Client or Server counters will look like this.

Custom Dashboard After Counters Web

Monitor Client Processes of Clustered Cache

Client Process control shows details of running client applications against current cache. Details include client IP, process ID, port, server IP with which this client application is connected and Sent/Received bytes by each client.

Follow the steps below to monitor the client processes:

In your custom dashboard, open the Control Panel by clicking on the arrow head on the right corner of the page.
From the list, drag and drop the Client Processes under the Server list.
Information of all the currently connected clients will be displayed in Client Processes control for current cache.

Monitor Client Processes Web

Monitor ASP.NET Sessions

Using NCache Monitor you can also monitor the ASP.NET session counters. Currently you can monitor the ASP.NET Requests/sec, ASP.NET Pending Requests and ASP.NET Total Session counter in NCache Monitor. Controls for these counters exist in Toolbox under Client category.

Monitor ASP.NET Sessions Web