Applications Systems

Identify and change the user agent in the http/https monitors

By default, https or https monitors leverage the MSIE 6.0 user agents. Questions have surfaced asking if another browser, such as Chrome can be leveraged.

First published date

11/29/2018 10:33 PM

Last published date

6/29/2020 5:44 AM

Overview

By default, https or https monitors leverage the MSIE 6.0 user agents. Questions have surfaced asking if another browser, such as Chrome can be leveraged.

Product section

Server Application Monitor

Resolution

  1. In the webconsole, go to Settings > SAM Settings > Manage Application Monitor Templates.
  2. Type https or http in the search bar, and then search and the monitor will appear.
  3. Select the monitor and from the menu bar selece Edit.
  4. Scroll down and locate User Agent. This is where you will make the change. By default, the value is MSIE 6.0.

 

If you intend to leverage the user agent of another browser, you can identify that value by navigating to the following url from that browser:

What is my User Agent? (© 2010 - 2017 WhatIsMyBrowser.com, available at https://www.whatismybrowser.com, obtained on April 20, 2017.)

 

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