Create and alert on an HTTP or HTTPS monitor

11/29/2018 10:29 PM

9/5/2019 1:48 PM

This example will monitor a site for changes in text and alert you via email when the text has changed.

Scenario: You want to be notified when concert tickets go on sale. Currently, a fictional website (NinjaTix.com) has the words, “Coming Soon.” When these words change (presumably to, “On sale now,”) you want to be notified so you can buy your tickets immediately.

Server Application Monitor

Creating a HTTP or HTTPS Monitor Template:

1. From the Orion Web Console, navigate to Settings > SAM Settings > Create a New Template.
2. Enter a name for the template, then click Add Component Monitor and select HTTP Monitor. When done, click Add. (If you are monitoring an HTTPS link, select HTTPS Monitor for the component type)
3. Select credentials or choose to Inherit Credentials from Node or select NONE (you should not require credentials to monitor URL in most cases)
4. Enter the Website in the URL field.
5. Enter the string, Coming Soon, in the Search String field.
6. Enter No for the Fail if Found field.
7. When done, click Submit, then apply the template to a node to begin monitoring.

Creating Node for URL if needed:

1. Go to manage nodes
2. Add node
3. Type in the url and if url cannot resolve to an IP you'll need to use the short name of that url (without http or https)
4. Add that into solarwinds as an external node (solarwinds will not ping or try to poll external nodes)

Assigning SAM template:

1. Navigate to the manage templates page under SAM settings.
2. Click the check box to the left of your SAM template.
3. Click Assign to Node button and select the node you'd like to assign this template to.

Creating the HTTP/HTTPS Monitor Alert:

1. From the Orion Web Console, navigate to Home > Alerts > Manage Alerts.
2. Click Add New Alert, then enter a name for the alert.
3. Evaluate and complete the properties on the Properties tab, then click Next.
4. For the Trigger Conditions portion, select the following for an application alert:

OR if it's a component based alert you can use this logic:


Note:
-Alert logic in solarwinds is very flexible and these are not the only trigger condition options that you could use to alert on application or component monitors
-It's helpful to duplicate and edit existing alerts to save time creating new alerts.

For either component or application based alert:

1. For the Trigger Actions portion, click Add Action, select Send an Email/Page, then click Configure Action.

2. Enter your email address and other fields as required, then click Next and complete the email wizard as instructed, then click Submit.