Powershell script not running as expected

bhilgenkamp_botw

I have created a Powershell script to do some basic monitoring on websites. The script works great in the powershell ISE but I can't get it to work properly as a powershell script component.

Script:

# URL to check
    $url="">http://example.com"


# Check the URL for status code and measure the time it takes to get the response
    $xactiontime = Measure-Command { try {
        $response=(Invoke-WebRequest -TimeoutSec 1 $url).StatusCode
        }


    catch {
        $response=$_.Exception.Response.StatusCode.Value__
        $failmessage=$_.Exception.Message
        }
        }


# Convert the time to milliseconds
    $xactiontime=$xactiontime.TotalMilliseconds


# Send results back to SolarWinds
    If ($response -eq 200) {
        Write-Host "Message: Success"
        Write-Host "Statistic.StatusCode: $response"
        Write-Host "Statistic.ReponseTime: $xactiontime"
        Exit 0
        } 
    Else {
        Write-Host "Message: $failmessage"
        Write-Host "Statistic: $response"
        Write-Host "Statistic.ResponseTime: $xactiontime"
        Exit 1
        }

A normal result is something like:

Message: Success Statistic.StatusCode: 200 Statistic.ResponseTime: 71.2977

Now the issue I'm having is when running the powershell script the Invoke-WebRequest times out. I can set it to 1 sec and the script fails after 1 sec, 30 sec it fails after 30 sec, etc. so this tells me the script is trying to run but isn't completely working for some reason. I ran wireshark on the server I'm testing the script on but I don't see it even trying to open a connection. Is there some kind of environment setting that would be prohibiting the script from opening a network connection? Or some other caveat I'm not aware of?

yaquaholic

I am afraid to say, I copy'pasta'd the script into a Windows PowerShell Monitor, changed the URL and it worked. both on my Orion server with Execution Mode: as both local and remote, without issue.

And then tried it remotely on another server with Execution Mode Remote Host and it worked there too.

Have you tried enabling the debug options and looking at the logs?

At the top of your template, under the polling intervals you'll find the Advanced button.

From the application view of your template, at the end of the URL and you will see something like: NetObject=AA:<number>  where the number is the application ID.

On the Orion server, that the the node is polled from, navigate to C:\ProgramData\SolarWinds\Logs\APM\ApplicationLogs directory (default path) and look for the AppID folder that matches your ApplicationID (sort by date and newest files  it'll be near/at the top).

Hope it helps