HTTP(s) Synthetic Monitor
Objective
This guide provides instructions on how to create an HTTP(s) Synthetic Monitor leveraging the minimum required settings.
Using the instructions provided in this document, you can create an HTTP(s) Synthetic Monitor to validate and alert on the health and performance of your HTTP(s) applications.
Configuration
Configure an HTTP Monitor
Step 1: Create a new HTTP Monitor.
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Log into the F5® Distributed Cloud Console.
-
Navigate to either the
Observability
workspace tile or menu.
Note: The homepage is role based, and your homepage may look different due to your role customization. Select
All Services
drop-down menu to discover all options.
Figure: Observability Tile
Figure: Observability Menu
- Select
Manage
>Synthetic Monitors
>HTTP Monitors
.
Figure: Manage Menu
- Click
Add HTTP Monitor
.
Step 2: Configure Metadata.
- Enter
Name
, enterLabels
andDescription
as needed.
Figure: Metadata
Step 3: Configure what to monitor.
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Enter the
URL
that you would like to monitor. -
Set the monitor frequency
Interval
for how often you would like the monitor run from each source region configured later in the form.
Figure: URL and Interval
Step 4: Configure where to monitor from.
Note: Each source
provider
andregion
added will monitor the HTTP endpoint configured for the monitor. The combined health from all regions will generate the overall monitor'sglobal
health.
- In the
Sources
section, clickAdd Item
to begin adding sources for the monitor.
Figure: Empty Sources
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Select the desired
Provider
for which you would like to source the monitor from. -
With the
Provider
selected, click theRegions
dropdown and select whichRegion
you would like the monitor to run from. -
Select additional regions from the dropdown if you would like to add more
Regions
for the currentProvider
.
Figure: Provider Regions
-
Click
Apply
to add the currentProvider
andRegions
to the monitor. -
Back in the primary
Sources
section, selectAdd Item
and follow the steps above if you would like to add additionalProviders
andRegions
.
Figure: Sources
- Select
Save and Exit
to save the new HTTP Synthetic Monitor.
Step 5: Setup Alerting.
-
Alerting for
Synthetic Monitoring
can be configured similar to other F5® Distributed Cloud services following the Alerting how-to. -
Optionally filter your
Alert Policy
to only send notifications to the receiver based on alerts coming from Synthetic Monitoring by either matching theGroup
toSynthetic-Monitors
or matching theAlert Name
toSyntheticMonitorHealthCritical
Figure: Alerting