HTTP/HTTPS

HTTP/HTTPS monitor tests the availability of the server to handle requests and calculates the connection time.

Configuration Parameters

Before you create the monitor, enable the synthetic agent flag in Setup > Resources > Management Profile > Management Gateways > Synthetic. This flag is used to show your private locations.

After selecting the synthetic monitor type to FTP, enter the follwoing details in FTP CONFIGURATION screen:

Section	Field Name	Description	Values/Example	Field Type
Basic Details	Name	Enter a name for the synthetic monitor.		Text
	Type	Select the type of synthetic monitor.	HTTP/HTTPS	Dropdown
HTTP/HTTPS Configuration	URL	Enter the URL to be monitored.	https://www.google.com/	Text
	Connection Timeout	Maximum time-out required to connect to the given website.	Default value: not NULL Valid values: 1 - 540 seconds Example: 80	String
	Should Contain	Response body should contain specific content. Check the presence of any text in the response of the URL.	Default value: empty string Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces. Example: test <123> _testing # test	Text
	Should Not Contain	Response body should not contain specific content. Check the absence of any text string in the response of the URL.	Default value: empty string Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces. Example: test123_sample # testing	Text
	Expected Response Code	The response code returned from the end server should be one from the mentioned response codes (which is in csv format).	Default value: NULL (OpsRamp considers 200 and 300 series as default at the backend) Valid values: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 series response codes Example: 401, 402, 404	Text
	Payload Regular Expression	Create Regex Patterns to validate the HTTP Response body received from the webserver.	Default value: NULL Example: john\|Bat\|check	Text
	Http Headers	HTTP headers	Default value: empty string Valid values: valid JSON Example: {"Accept":"application/json","Content-Type":"application/json"}	Text
	Http Params	HTTP parameters	Default value: empty string Valid values: valid JSON Example: {"Content-Type":"application/json"}	Text
	Method	Type of method to execute while monitoring the website.	Default value: GET Valid values: GET, PUT, HEAD, POST Example: GET	Dropdown
Assign Credentials	Credential Set	Select the credentials to access the FTP Server from the dropdown list.		Dropdown
Proxy Settings	Configuration Type	Enable Proxy Configuration option and select the configuration type. System: Enter the credential name. Custom: If selected, fill in the following fields: URL: Enter the website URL. Proxy Authentication Type: Choose None or Basic from the dropdown.		Checkbox
Upload/Download	File upload options	Select an option to upload or download a file: Upload: Choose the Upload File option or provide the path to upload a file to the FTP server. Download: Provide the path to download a file from the FTP server to the local machine.		Checkbox
Locations	Public Locations	Select the public locations where the monitor will run.	INT Public1	Checkbox
	Private Locations	Select the private locations where the monitor will run.	INT Private1	Checkbox

After configuring, view metrics, and graphical representations for more information.

Graphical Metrics Representation

Supported Metrics

Metric Name	Units
availability.down.location.count Location Count. The number of locations where the configured host is down	-
synthetic.response.time Response time. Duration to do the configured HTTP Method (GET, POST, PUT, HEAD) to specified URL	milliseconds
synthetic.response.lookuptime Name Lookup Time. Duration from the start until the DNS name is resolved	milliseconds
synthetic.response.connecttime Connection Time. Duration from the start until the web server is connected	milliseconds
synthetic.response.appconnecttime AppConnect Time. Duration from start until SSL/SSH handshake is completed	milliseconds
synthetic.response.starttransfertime Start TransferTime. Duration from start until just when the first byte is received	milliseconds
synthetic.response.redirecttime Redirect Time. Time taken for all redirect steps before the final transfer	milliseconds
synthetic.response.pretransfertime Pretransfer Time. Duration from the start until the file requested page transfer is about to start	milliseconds