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ves-io-schema-observability-synthetic_monitor-v1_http_monitor-API-Create

Published April 5, 2023 | Last modified May 29, 2026

Examples of creating v1_http_monitor

Usecase:

Create "https://example.com" v1_http_monitor

Request using vesctl:

vesctl configuration create v1_http_monitor -i v1_http_monitor.yaml

where file v1_http_monitor.yaml has following contents (v1_http_monitor.CreateRequest):

RequestJSON:

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "example",
        "namespace": "system",
        "description": "test monitor"
    },
    "spec": {
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "interval_1_min": {},
        "head": {},
        "on_failure_count": 1,
        "response_timeout": 45,
        "external_sources": [
            {
                "aws": {
                    "regions": [
                        "us-east1"
                    ]
                }
            }
        ],
        "source_critical_threshold": 1,
        "response_codes": [
            "2**",
            "3**"
        ]
    }
}

vesctl yaml response:

ResponseJSON:

{
    "metadata": {
        "name": "example",
        "namespace": "system",
        "labels": {},
        "annotations": {},
        "description": "test monitor",
        "disable": false
    },
    "system_metadata": {
        "uid": "e39d185a-f95a-4373-88ce-5cd3abfdfc7a",
        "creation_timestamp": "2026-04-13T02:00:02.291822Z",
        "deletion_timestamp": null,
        "modification_timestamp": null,
        "initializers": null,
        "finalizers": [],
        "tenant": "acmecorp",
        "creator_class": "examplesvc",
        "creator_id": "examplesvc",
        "object_index": 0,
        "owner_view": null,
        "labels": {}
    },
    "spec": {
        "url": "https://example.com",
        "interval_1_min": {},
        "head": {},
        "request_headers": [],
        "on_failure_count": 1,
        "receive": "",
        "ignore_cert_errors": false,
        "follow_redirects": false,
        "response_timeout": 45,
        "external_sources": [
            {
                "aws": {
                    "regions": [
                        "us-east1"
                    ]
                }
            }
        ],
        "source_critical_threshold": 1,
        "sni_host": "",
        "response_codes": [
            "2**",
            "3**"
        ],
        "health_policy": null
    }
}

Request using curl:

curl -X 'POST' -d '{"metadata":{"name":"example","namespace":"system","description":"test monitor"},"spec":{"url":"https://example.com","interval_1_min":{},"head":{},"on_failure_count":1,"response_timeout":45,"external_sources":[{"aws":{"regions":["us-east1"]}}],"source_critical_threshold":1,"response_codes":["2**","3**"]}}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -H 'X-Volterra-Useragent: v1/pgm=_var_folders_q2_3kp8z3zs0x5_m7pk1bgb0_ph0000gp_T_go-build1414723615_b001_apidocs.test/host=MTY6VVHQPH/svc=S:examplesvc/site=mytestce01' 'https://acmecorp.console.ves.volterra.io/api/observability/synthetic_monitor/namespaces/system/v1_http_monitors'

curl response:

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Length: 1146
Content-Type: application/json
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 02:00:02 GMT
Vary: Accept-Encoding


{
  "metadata": {
    "name": "example",
    "namespace": "system",
    "labels": {
    },
    "annotations": {
    },
    "description": "test monitor",
    "disable": false
  },
  "system_metadata": {
    "uid": "e39d185a-f95a-4373-88ce-5cd3abfdfc7a",
    "creation_timestamp": "2026-04-13T02:00:02.291822Z",
    "deletion_timestamp": null,
    "modification_timestamp": null,
    "initializers": null,
    "finalizers": [
    ],
    "tenant": "acmecorp",
    "creator_class": "examplesvc",
    "creator_id": "examplesvc",
    "object_index": 0,
    "owner_view": null,
    "labels": {
    }
  },
  "spec": {
    "url": "https://example.com",
    "interval_1_min": {


    },
    "head": {


    },
    "request_headers": [
    ],
    "on_failure_count": 1,
    "receive": "",
    "ignore_cert_errors": false,
    "follow_redirects": false,
    "response_timeout": 45,
    "external_sources": [
      {
        "aws": {
          "regions": [
            "us-east1"
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "source_critical_threshold": 1,
    "sni_host": "",
    "response_codes": [
      "2**",
      "3**"
    ],
    "health_policy": null
  }
}
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