If the spike arrest rate specified in the <Rate> element of the Spike Arrest
Policy is not an integer or if the rate does not have ps or pm as a suffix,
then the deployment of the API proxy fails.
The valid values are [int]ps and [int]pm.
For example, if the spike arrest rate specified is 30.1ps in the <Rate> element
of a Spike Arrest Policy, then the deployment of the API proxy fails. This is
because 30.1 is not an integer.
Diagnosis
Identify the invalid spike arrest rate specified in the Spike Arrest policy.
You can find this information from the error message. For example, in the following
error, the invalid spike arrest is 30.1:
Examine all the Spike Arrest policies in the specific API proxy where the
failure has occurred. If there is any Spike Arrest policy in which the spike
arrest specified in the <Rate> element matches the invalid spike arrest rate
identified in Step #1 above, then that's the cause of the error.
For example, the following policy specifies the value of <Rate> as 30.1ps,
which matches what's in the error message:
Since the spike arrest rate specified in the <Rate> element is not an integer,
the deployment of the API Proxy fails with the error:
Invalid spike arrest rate 30.1ps.
Resolution
Ensure that the value of the spike arrest rate specified in the <Rate> element
of the Spike Arrest Policy is an integer and has ps or pm as a suffix. For
example:
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