I need some assistance

Question

I am in a bind as our sole SW administrator is out on a medical emergency. I have been asked to see if i can do a task, that I just am not qualified to do. I typically only do Solarwinds Reporting.

I am being asked to have Solarwinds monitor for SSL/Port 443 availability

Is this something that is already being monitored, or must something be set up for it. My guess is it is not something I can do with my credentials, but may be able to get the right info to a more technical resource.

Can someone help me with information in quick fashion?

Thanks in advance

d09h · Accepted Answer

You may find some of these useful:

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/sam/content/sam-tcp-port-monitor-sw3317.htm

http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/sam/content/sam-https-monitor-sw3245.htm

SSL Certificate Expiration Date Monitor

You can check for presence/ absence of text if that is useful to you: http://www.solarwinds.com/documentation/en/flarehelp/sam/content/sam-http-monitor-sw3242.htm

If you aren't sure of relevance, set up some/ all of these and see how meaningful it feels related to the issue for which you need visibility. Not sure what resource you were referencing, but sometimes it takes a little trial and error to get the right type of SAM monitoring. It's entirely possible other modules may be beneficial to this effort too.

Posting your request in SAM forum would get a more ideal audience: https://thwack.solarwinds.com/community/application-and-server_tht/server-and-application-monitor