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Thanks for the help, I am now able to add the node, but the problem is since its an external node I cannot test it. This is the message I get: Inherit Windows credential from node is not valid for node of ICMP type there are no credentials for the site, its strictly a login page that they wish to monitor if its up or down.…

Yes I only have a URL. If I try your suggestion how can I test that node is working. I am now able to add the node, but the problem is since its an external node I cannot test it. This is the message I get: Inherit Windows credential from node is not valid for node of ICMP type there are no credentials for the site, its…

I figured out what my problem was. I needed to use an HTTPS template rather than a HTTP template which to copy from, and I needed to have it follow redirects. Following redirects was the biggest problem I had, but thanks for you help anyway.

Thank you Chad, that did the trick!! Can the Alert see variables based on only a URL? For the Trigger I have been using the monitor itself as a component will that still work with URL based nodes?

Thanks for that, yes I have done that I do know that works. I'm more interested in knowing how to make the Alert thinks its down so that I can make sure that the Alert gets to where it needs to go. Basically, a way to make the monitor think the node is down so it will fire off an alert. no way to make a test node since…

Hello, I am a fairly new user of Solarwinds and am looking for a way to monitor and alert on a HTTPS site that I do not have an IP Address for or DNS entry. It is also not seen as an external node in SolarWinds. Do you have an IP or DNS entry for your particular HTTPS site? If not I would like to discuss the problem I am…

Thanks superfly, I pretty much worked it out about a week after posting this, but I appreciate the help either way. later

To clarify the question, all I want is to search multiple nodes or IP's at one time that are not already part of our SolarWinds Discovered Nodes. I would also like to export the results of the search. I do not want to add any new nodes to SolarWinds during this search. This question is strictly about how to search for…