I have been given a list of websites (some hosted internal, some external) that need to be set up in SW for availability monitoring.
I've never done this before. Where do I begin to do this?
You can simply apply the HTTP User Experience Monitor to any managed node in Orion. If the node is external you can add a new external node and apply the HTTP User Experience Monitor to it. Node status isn't monitored for external nodes, only the applications assigned to them.
Another option would be to take a look at our Synthetic End User Monitor, which has been purpose built from the ground up for monitoring websites and web based applications.
So it doesn't matter what node I use to set these up?
Also, I'm using APM 4.0.2 SP4 and I don't see any monitor called HTTP User Experience.
Hello,
The exact names are "HTTP Monitor" or "HTTPS Monitor". These monitors contain URL field that you can enter any URL address (then it doesn't matter what node is assigned) or you can use ${IP} macro in this URL field and then this macro will be replaced by IP address of assigned node (this is better solution when you create common template for more nodes).
I hope it helps,
Lukas Belza (SolarWinds development)
When I assign the HTTP Monitor to a current node, I don't see any URL field. The only thing I see is a set credentials screen.
By Default the HTTP User Experience Monitor is configured to monitor the URL http://${IP}:80 where the IP address is the IP of the node it's assigned. You can change this by clicking the "Edit Application Monitor" link in the top right of the component monitor as pictured below.
I am trying to move a user from another monitoring tool to SW. One of the issues I have is web monitoring. They are currently sending Send and Get requests to the web sites and checking for certain returns. Is this something that SAM can do or is it covered under the SEUM tool? I do not see a way to do it so far and don't want this to be a hold up. Any help would be appreciated.
It depends. Are these HTTP GET/SENDs parts of some web services such as JSON or SOAP or is this a multi-step web transaction such as validating a web form submittal, or website login?
Not sure. This is what they are doing now with Whats Up Gold.
Send=GET / HTTP/1.0\r\nAccept: */*\r\nUser-Agent: Whatsup/1.0\r\n\r\n
Expect=^HTTP/
This is a very basic HTTP get request. The "Expect" is equivalent to the "Search String" in the SAM HTTP User Experience component monitor pictured in the screenshot above.
AlertBot.com is a great service for availability monitoring. I've been using them for over a decade.
