Testing Changes to SwiftMetricsBluemix
SwiftMetricsBluemix sends data to the auto-scaling agent in Bluemix, so testing any changes or support for new Swift levels is a manual process.
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Create a test application that depends on and instantiates SwiftMetricsBluemix. Instructions here: https://console.bluemix.net/docs/services/Auto-Scaling/index.html
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Deploy the application using
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Create the auto-scaling service. Use https://console.bluemix.net/catalog/services/auto-scaling or for stage1 server use https://console.stage1.bluemix.net/catalog/services/auto-scaling (or search the catalog for "Auto-scaling")
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Attach the auto-scaling service to your app. It will need to be redeployed.
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Open the page for the Auto-scaling service from your Bluemix home screen. Select Manage to create a policy.
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After your application has been running for a while use the Metric Statistics tab to look at data that the Auto-scaling service has received. Swiftmetrics provides the Response Times so we need to see some data there, e.g:
