HTTP/HTTPS

HTTP/HTTPS monitor tests the availability of the server to handle requests and calculates the connection time.

Configuration Parameters

After selecting the synthetic monitor type to HTTP/HTTPS, enter the follwoing details:

Section	Field Name	Description	Values/Example	Field Type
HTTP/HTTPS Configuration	URL	Enter the URL to be monitored.	https://www.google.com/	Text
	Connection Timeout	Maximum time-out required to connect to the given website.	Default value: not NULL Valid values: 1 - 540 seconds Example: 80	String
	Response Should Contain	Response body should contain specific content. Check the presence of any text in the response of the URL.	Default value: empty string Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces. Example: test <123> _testing # test	Text
	Response Should Not Contain	Response body should not contain specific content. Check the absence of any text string in the response of the URL.	Default value: empty string Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces. Example: test123_sample # testing	Text
	Expected Response Code	The response code returned from the end server should be one from the mentioned response codes (which is in csv format).	Default value: NULL (OpsRamp considers 200 and 300 series as default at the backend) Valid values: 100, 200, 300, 400, 500 series response codes Example: 401, 402, 404	Text
	Response Payload Regular Expression	Create Regex Patterns to validate the HTTP Response body received from the webserver.	Default value: NULL Example: john\|Bat\|check	Text
	Method	Type of method to execute while monitoring the website.	Default value: GET Valid values: GET, PUT, HEAD, POST Example: GET	Dropdown
Assign Credentials	Credential Set	Select the credentials from the dropdown list to access the HTTP/HTTPS Server.	Refer Create Credentials	Dropdown
Proxy Settings		Enable Proxy Configuration option	Refer Monitor Synthetics through Proxy Servers	Checkbox
Http Headers			Click + ADD and enter the following: Name Values Click Save	Text
Http Params			Click + ADD and enter the following: Name Values Click Save	Text
Locations	Public Locations	Select the public locations where the monitor will run.	Example: Public1	Checkbox
	Private Locations	Select the private locations where the monitor will run.	Example: Private 1	Checkbox

After configuring, navigate to Infrastructure > Resources > Web Services > Synthetic to view the metrics and graphical representations for more information.

Metrics Graphical Representation

Supported Metrics

Metric Name	Description	Units
availability.down.location.count	Location Count. The number of locations where the configured host is down	-
synthetic.response.time	Response time. Duration to do the configured HTTP Method (GET, POST, PUT, HEAD) to specified URL	milliseconds
synthetic.response.lookuptime	Name Lookup Time. Duration from the start until the DNS name is resolved.	milliseconds
synthetic.response.connecttime	Connection Time. Duration from the start until the web server is connected.	milliseconds
synthetic.response.appconnecttime	AppConnect Time. Duration from start until SSL/SSH handshake is completed	milliseconds
synthetic.response.starttransfertime	Start TransferTime. Duration from start until just when the first byte is received	milliseconds
synthetic.response.redirecttime	Redirect Time. Time taken for all redirect steps before the final transfer	milliseconds
synthetic.response.pretransfertime	Pretransfer Time. Duration from the start until the file requested page transfer is about to start	milliseconds