Description of Service Local Check Web

Description

This service is specially designed for monitoring local data via a script which is called up via HTTP. It puts you in the position to test important components such as databases or disk space with a local script (e.g. PHP, ASP or similar) and to monitor the result via HTTP without requiring additional software.

What's important is that HTTP service downtime/errors and problems are ignored with this service and notification is carried out only if the search string entered is found.

Form Field

Port	Web server's port of the website to be monitored. (default value: 80)

SSL Encryption	Activate this checkbox if the request is carried out over an HTTPS-encrypted connection. Please check in this case that the input field Port contains the corresponding value (default value: 443).

Virtual host	DNS name of the virtual host that is physically present on the current server. All further parameters (port, path, search term, etc.) apply to this website. This parameter is optional.

Path	Path to the monitored site on your web server. "/" stands for the homepage on your web server. Another example is "/index.html", "/shop/shop.php" or "/customer/login.htm".

Search term OK	Text to be found on the website and gives the status of your script evaluation in the case of a positive result, e.g. "OK". Keep in mind that search string must match exactly and that searches are case sensitive.

Search term Warning	Text to be found on the website and gives the status of your script evaluation in the case of a positive result, e.g. "Memory low". Keep in mind that search string must match exactly and that searches are case sensitive.

Search term Critical	Text to be found on the website and gives the status of your script evaluation in the case of a positive result, e.g. "Error". Keep in mind that search string must match exactly and that searches are case sensitive.

Status no search term found	Status to which the service is changed if none of the defined search terms can be found. Default value for this parameter is Unknown. If you choose the status Warning or Critical then the notifications will be send accordingly.

Login	User name, if basic authentication is being used. If you wish to check a URL within a secured area of your website, enter the login information to be used here.

Password	Password, if basic authentication is being used. If you wish to check a script within a secured area of your website, enter the login information to be used here.

Timeout [sec]	Time in seconds before a connection attempt times out. If a timeout occurs, the status of the services is changed according to status given in field "No search term".

Identifier	Identifier that should be characteristic for the service. This identifier makes assigning services easier if you are using several services of the same type on one server. It is specified in the report and the notification.

Availability Report

OK	Server responding, reply to query, status code in the HTTP protocol 2xx or 3xx, "search term OK" found

Warning	Server responding, reply to query, status code in the HTTP protocol 2xx or 3xx, "search term Warning" found

Critical	Server responding, reply to query, status code in the HTTP protocol 2xx or 3xx, "search term Critical" found

Unknown	Server not responding, no reply to query within the timeout, HTTP error code 5xx, none of the search terms found

Service Integration

This service offers a variety of application possibilities. You can monitor all system parameters and have local access via script.

If, for example, you would like to monitor how much disk space is on a certain file system on your server, you can calculate and assess the size in a local script. For example the script should show all results with "OK" or "Error". Apart from other statements type in "OK" as the query and the appropriate error value in the queryname field. Your local disk space will be monitored and you will be notified by ServerGuard24 as soon as the search term comes up as an error.

Server errors, timeouts or HTTP-errors do not therefore result in a critical status. You are only informed if the search term you configured has been determined.

Following are sample scripts with PHP. We are pleased to hear of any recommendations you may have.

» System Load Check - checks the system load
» Prozess Check - checks a certain process
» Check Memory - checks the free RAM
» Check Disk Space - checks free disk memory of several diractories
» Check Open Files - checks the parallel open files in the filesystem
» Check Command - executes a Unix command and checks the exit code
» Check Logged In Users - check the amount of parallel logged in users
» Check MySql - checks MySql through locale access
» Check MySql Tables - checks correctness of MySql database tables

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