HTTP(s) Synthetic Monitor
Objective
This quickstart 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.
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Navigate to either the
Observabilityworkspace tile or menu.
Note: The homepage is role based, and your homepage may look different due to your role customization. Select
All Servicesdrop-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, enterLabelsandDescriptionas needed.

Figure: Metadata
Step 3: Configure what to monitor.
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Enter the
URLthat you would like to monitor. -
Set the monitor frequency
Intervalfor 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
providerandregionadded will monitor the HTTP endpoint configured for the monitor. The combined health from all regions will generate the overall monitor'sglobalhealth.
- In the
Sourcessection, clickAdd Itemto begin adding sources for the monitor.

Figure: Empty Sources
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Select the desired
Providerfor which you would like to source the monitor from. -
With the
Providerselected, click theRegionsdropdown and select whichRegionyou would like the monitor to run from. -
Select additional regions from the dropdown if you would like to add more
Regionsfor the currentProvider.

Figure: Provider Regions
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Click
Applyto add the currentProviderandRegionsto the monitor. -
Back in the primary
Sourcessection, selectAdd Itemand follow the steps above if you would like to add additionalProvidersandRegions.

Figure: Sources
- Select
Save and Exitto save the new HTTP Synthetic Monitor.
Step 5: Setup Alerting.
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Alerting for
Synthetic Monitoringcan be configured similar to other F5® Distributed Cloud services following the Alerting how-to. -
Optionally, filter your
Alert Policyto only send notifications to the receiver based on alerts coming from Synthetic Monitoring by either matching theGrouptoSynthetic-Monitorsor matching theAlert NametoSyntheticMonitorHealthCritical

Figure: Alerting