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Edge Security Acceleration:Traffic analytics

Last Updated:Oct 17, 2024

ESA analyzes access logs at the application layer (Layer 7) and displays stats in multiple dimensions, including the stats of metrics by time such as the amount of traffic, number of requests, and page views, country or region information, and data rankings.

View traffic analytics reports

  1. Log on to the ESA console.

  2. In the left-side navigation pane, click Websites.

  3. On the Websites page, find the website that you want to manage, and click the website name or View Details in the Actions column.

  4. In the left-side navigation tree, choose Analytics and Logs > Traffic Analytics.

  5. On the Traffic Analytics page, view the statistics and analysis results. You can also click the printer icon image to print the report on the page or click the download icon image to download the report to your local PC as a CSV file.

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Add filters and set the query time

  • Filters: You can filter reports by host, HTTP version, and client IP address. After you specify filters, only reports that meet the filter conditions are displayed.

  • Query time: By default, the traffic data in the last 24 hours is displayed. You can select another time range or specify a custom time range to query the traffic data. The maximum time range is 30 days.

Metric analysis and display

Note
  • The rate displayed for each metric indicates the change rate based on the previous equivalent period. If no data exists in the previous period of time, the change rate is not displayed.

    For example, if you select Last 30 Days and observe a 2.03% increase in the number of requests month-on-month, ESA receives 2.03% more requests in the current month than in the previous month.

  • The data analytics feature of ESA is specific to the response traffic. For client requests, ESA displays only the total traffic.

  • Metrics:

    • ESA Response: the total amount of traffic from ESA to clients.

    • Client Request: the total amount of traffic from clients to ESA.

    • Total Requests: the total number of requests from clients to ESA.

    • Page Views: the number of successful HTTP responses in HTML format.

  • Data analytics:

    • Data trend chart: displays the stats of selected metrics over time, such as the total traffic, total number of requests, and number of page views.

    • Country/Region: displays the distribution of a specified metric such as the total traffic, total number of requests, and number of page views in supported countries and regions. Data in this section varies based on the country or region where the clients reside.

    • Top metrics in different dimensions: displays ranking data such as hosts, paths, and user agents. Due to the impact of data latency, data rankings can be used for reference only. Data analysis of real-time logs takes precedence.