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Sauce Connect Proxy Monitoring

Sauce Connect Proxy provides server-side monitoring via the REST API and the Sauce Labs web application as well as the client-side monitoring via the local API server and Prometheus metrics.

Sauce Labs Web UI

You can manage and monitor all Sauce Connect Proxy tunnel activity from the Sauce Labs Tunnels page, which displays useful information, such as the number of active tunnels, tunnel status, and specific attributes for each tunnel. You can also check the health of an individual tunnel by running a test on it.

ColumnDescription
TypeThe icon shows whether the tunnel is a Sauce Connect Proxy, or an IPSec Proxy.
StateThe icon shows whether the tunnel is running or stopped.
Tunnel NameThe name of the tunnel. This is the --tunnel-name used when starting the Sauce Connect tunnel.
Client HostnameThe name of the machine where the Sauce Connect Proxy client is running.
OwnerThe name of the account that is running the tunnel.
SharingIndicates whether or not the tunnel is shared.
DurationThe amount of time the tunnel has been running.

Local API Server

See Sauce Connect Proxy API Server.

Prometheus metrics

Prometheus metrics could be used to monitor Sauce Connect Proxy traffic. Grafana dashboard using these metrics is available at Grafana Dashboards.

See this demo for an example of running Sauce Connect Proxy along with Prometheus server and Grafana dashboard.

Sauce Connect Proxy 5 Grafana dashboard

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