IG 2023.2

TimerDecorator

Records time to process filters, handlers, and access token resolvers.

Decorator usage

{
    "name": string,
    "type": "TimerDecorator",
    "config": {
        "timeUnit": configuration expression<string>
    }
}

IG configures a default TimerDecorator named timer. Use timer as the decorator name without explicitly declaring a decorator named timer.

"timeUnit": configuration expression<string>, optional

Unit of time used in the decorator output. The unit of time can be any unit allowed in the <duration> field.

Default: ms

Decorated object usage

{
    "name": string,
    "type": string,
    "config": object,
    decorator name: boolean
}
"name": string, required except for inline objects

The unique name of the object to decorate.

"type": string, required

The class name of the object to decorate, which must be a Filter, Handler, or the accessTokenResolver property of OAuth2ResourceServerFilter.

"config": object, optional

The configuration of the object, just like an object that is not decorated.

Default: Empty

decorator name: configuration expression<boolean>, required

IG looks for the presence of the decorator name field for the TimerDecorator:

  • true: Activate the timer

  • false: Deactivate the TimerDecorator

Timer metrics at the Prometheus Scrape Endpoint

This section describes the timer metrics recorded at the Prometheus Scrape Endpoint. For more information about metrics, see Monitoring Endpoints.

When IG is set up as described in the documentation, the endpoint is http://ig.example.com:8080/openig/metrics/prometheus.

Each timer metric is labelled with the following fully qualified names:

  • decorated_object

  • heap

  • name (decorator name)

  • route

  • router

Timer metrics at the Prometheus Scrape Endpoint
Name Monitoring type Description

ig_timerdecorator_handler_elapsed_seconds

Summary

Time to process the request and response in the decorated handler.

ig_timerdecorator_filter_elapsed_seconds

Summary

Time to process the request and response in the decorated filter and its downstream filters and handler.

ig_timerdecorator_filter_internal_seconds

Summary

Time to process the request and response in the decorated filter.

ig_timerdecorator_filter_downstream_seconds

Summary

Time to process the request and response in filters and handlers that are downstream of the decorated filter.

Timer metrics at the Common REST Monitoring Endpoint

This section describes the metrics recorded at the the ForgeRock Common REST Monitoring Endpoint. For more information about metrics, see Monitoring Endpoints.

When IG is set up as described in the documentation, the endpoint is http://ig.example.com:8080/openig/metrics/api?_queryFilter=true.

Metrics are published with an _id in the following pattern:

heap.router-name.route-name.decorator-name.object

Timer metrics at the Common REST Monitoring Endpoint
Name Monitoring type Description

elapsed

Timer

Time to process the request and response in the decorated handler, or in the decorated filter and its downstream filters and handler.

internal

Timer

Time to process the request and response in the decorated filter.

downstream

Timer

Time to process the request and response in filters and handlers that are downstream of the decorated filter.

Timer metrics in SLF4J logs

SLF4J logs are named in this format:

<className>.<decoratorName>.<decoratedObjectName>

If the decorated object is not named, the object path is used in the log.

When a route’s top-level handler is decorated, the timer decorator records the elapsed time for operations traversing the whole route:

2018-09-04T12:16:08,994Z | INFO  | I/O dispatcher 17 | o.f.o.d.t.T.t.top-level-handler | @myroute | Elapsed time: 13 ms

When an individual handler in the route is decorated, the timer decorator records the elapsed time for operations traversing the handler:

2018-09-04T12:44:02,161Z | INFO  | http-nio-8080-exec-8 | o.f.o.d.t.T.t.StaticResponseHandler-1 | @myroute | Elapsed time: 1 ms

Examples

The following example uses the default timer decorator to record the time that TokenIntrospectionAccessTokenResolver takes to process a request:

{
  "accessTokenResolver": {
    "name": "TokenIntrospectionAccessTokenResolver-1",
    "type": "TokenIntrospectionAccessTokenResolver",
    "config": {
      "amService": "AmService-1",
      ...
    },
    "timer": true
  }
}

The following example defines a customized timer decorator in the heap, and uses it to record the time that the SingleSignOnFilter takes to process a request:

{
  "heap": [
    {
      "name": "mytimerdecorator",
      "type": "TimerDecorator",
      "config": {
        "timeUnit": "nano"
      }
    },
    ...
  ],
  "handler": {
    "type": "Chain",
    "config": {
      "filters": [
        {
          "type": "SingleSignOnFilter",
          "config": {
            ...
          },
          "mytimerdecorator": true
        }
      ],
      "handler": "ReverseProxyHandler"
    }
  }
}
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