How to HTTP monitor a site which disallows ICMP echo?

Question

I added the node in NPM and then added HTTP checking as I want to graph response times and note if this web site is down.

But in NPM the node shows red DOWN because it's not pingable.  How can I not ping the node yet have the HTTP checking

work?  Is that possible?  Thanks.

RogerWong · Accepted Answer

Yup! External nodes do not get pinged, so you can go to the Node management page and change the Node to External.

Monitoring External Nodes