Overview of the Cloud Agent

The MCT distributed cloud agent facilitates continuous monitoring both within and outside the Webex Cloud.

A typical Cloud Agent cluster (e.g., WBXSJC) comprises three main components: 3 Redis nodes, 3 Zookeeper nodes (scheduled for future removal), and 2 or more agent services.

Cloud Agent Architecture

  1. Zookeeper: Ensures high availability of MCT components through its cluster solution.

  2. Redis: Provides data caching and temporary storage to maintain performance and consistency of MCT test data.

  3. Agent: Receives and executes MCT check tasks (e.g., manual tests).

Within a cloud agent cluster, only one agent assumes the role of leader. The Leader agent (Dispatcher) performs certain tasks that other agents do not (e.g., fetching Agent tasks from GPI).