As a request is processed the monitor inserts itself at particular points in
the request life cycle to capture various information about the request. Such
information includes:
Timestamp of the origin of the request
Total time it took for the request to complete
Origin of the request
HTTP information such as the body content type, header information, etc…
And more. See the Data Reference section for a complete list.
In addition to capturing request data the monitor extension is also capable
of persisting it. Two options are provided out of the box:
Piping to a log file, see Audit Logging for more details
By default the extension will do neither and simply maintain data for only
the most recent requests. The data is stored in memory meaning that if the
server is restarted or shutdown this information is lost.The
Monitor Configuration section provides a comprehensive guide to
configuring the monitor extension.
Stored request information is made available through a simple
query api that allows clients to access
request data through a HTTP interface.
