Dynamic monitoring framework for the SOA execution environment

The paper analyses the challenges involved in constructing a dynamic monitoring framework compliant with the requirements of SOA application monitoring. The specification of these requirements provides a starting point for our multilayer framework architecture. We describe its Monitoring Scenario and Instrumentation layers in detail. The approach aims at runtime monitoring of container-based SOA execution environments. The Instrumentation layer exploits interceptor sockets, on top of which a powerful attribute-based reconfigurable monitoring service is constructed. The proposed solution is application-agnostic and can be used for enterprise and computational applications. We present a case study which further explains the functionality of the system. A prototype implementation for OSGi containers is also briefly described. Preliminary performance evaluation results are outlined and discussed. (C) 2010 Published by Elsevier Ltd.