webMethods Microgateway Help 10.3 | webMethods Microgateway Help | Policies | Traffic Monitoring | Throttling Traffic Optimization
 
Throttling Traffic Optimization
This policy limits the number of service invocations during a specified time interval, and sends alerts to a specified destination when the performance conditions are violated. You can use this action to avoid overloading the back-end services and their infrastructure, to limit specific clients in terms of resource usage, and so on.
The table lists the properties that you can specify for this policy:
Parameter
Description
Limit Configuration.
Rule name
Specifies the name of throttling rule to be applied. For example, Total Request Count.
Operator
Specifies the operator that connects the rule to the value specified.
Select one of the operators: Greater Than, Less Than, Equals To.
Value
Specifies the value of the request count beyond which the policy is violated.
Destination
Specifies the destination to log the alerts.
Provide the required options:
*API Gateway
*Elasticsearch
Alert Interval
Specifies the interval of time for the limit to be reached.
Unit
Specifies the unit for the time interval in minutes, hours, days, or weeks for the alert interval.
Alert Frequency
Specifies the frequency at which the alerts are issued.
Provide one of the options:
*Only Once. Triggers an alert only the first time the specified condition is violated.
*Every Time. Triggers an alert every time the specified condition is violated.
Alert Message
Specifies the text message to be included in the alert.
Consumer Applications
Specifies the application to which this policy applies.
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