Qlik Enterprise Manager is the window into the multiple replicate instances in the enterprise. It enables development, deployment and troubleshooting of the Replication tasks. In addition to this, QEM also monitors the Replicate instances and tasks in realtime.
This makes QEM an important component of the replication infrastructure.
Having an external tool monitor QEM improves observability. However, we do not have an easy mechanism to monitor QEM externally.
Adding an open /status API will help us in monitoring the status.
The TestEndpoint capability needs authentication and authorization. Also, the monitoring may not be adequate depending on the API we choose to monitor with this capability. E.g. monitoring the /login API may not be sufficient.