Website Monitor Template

The Website Monitor Template enables you to validate the availability of a website, the response code and response content.

How to configure the Website Monitor Template:

• From the Menu Bar, select File | New. The Create New Object View displays.
• From the Create New Object View, expand Templates | Network and Application Monitors then select Website Monitor. The New Template Properties View displays.
• The Template Properties view contains 3 tabs.
  • General
  • Options
  • Actions

The Options Tab

• Use the Server drop-down to select the website you would like to monitor.

• Use the Use Secure Socket Layer (SSL) to monitor https end points.
• Use the Validate certificate chain to validate the SSL Certificate's intermediate and root certificate chain.
• Use the Port text box to specify the port to connect.
• Use the Username text box to optionally specify a logon as username.
• Use the Password text box to optionally specify a logon as password.
• Use the Path text box to optionally specify the URL path to monitor (e.g. /yoursubfolder/index.html).
• Use the Allow auto redirect to follow re-directs before parsing content.
• Use the Warning trigger and Critical trigger controls to create new code and Content trigger rules. For example:

Website Monitor Trigger Properties View

• If your network uses a Web Proxy, click the Web Proxy Settings to configure Server Manager to re-direct web requests through your proxy server.
• Click the Test button to verify the template is configured property and the monitor executes as expected.
• Finally, select the General Tab, then click the click the Auto-Generate Name button to auto-generate a name based on the configured settings.

Related Topics

Network and Application Monitor Templates