Thanks for the tips. I was successful using IEInspector to look at the specific return strings. I am guessing that as I configure more of these checks I will become more adept in using the tools.
Ev From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Barry George Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 11:16 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS Ev. The only way I have done this in the past with SA is right click, view source in IE on the page you want to check and look for text that you can check against. Static Html text. I’m not sure SA can check in an IFrame? Haven’t tested that myself. And of course forget dynamic content. Barry From: Webber, Ev [mailto:[email protected]] (mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]) Sent: February-03-12 11:01 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS I will look for IEInspector. What is happening is when checking for specific wording in a login page that is based on frames the check is returning as down even though the page is accessible. I am attempting to figure out what to look for in order to successfully determine that the login page is available … or not. Thanks. Ev From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected] (mailto:[email protected])] On Behalf Of Dirk Bulinckx Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 10:31 AM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: RE: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS In what way are they a "miss"? With a tool like IEInspector you can see what is exactly send/received by IE (internet explorer) and this even for HTTPS urls. Dirk Bulinckx. Network Monitoring by Servers Alive - http://www.woodstone.nu (http://www.woodstone.nu) DNS Hosting with ipv4 and ipv6 on http://www.stellardns.com (http://www.stellardns.com) From: Servers Alive Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] (mailto:[mailto:[email protected]]) On Behalf Of Webber, Ev Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 3:16 PM To: Servers Alive Discussion List Subject: [SA-list] URL checks for HTTPS I have been using ServersAlive! for a dozen or more years and am very pleased with its performance. Most of my checks to this point have concentrated on server and service availability but now we are ready enhance our website monitoring by checking more than just whether or not the http or https port is responding. In attempting to configure URL reports that actually check the site to confirm the correct page is displaying the success is hit and miss. (unfortunately a lot of miss) Is there a utility similar to WebBug (only checks http) that will retrieve https response? Has anyone developed a “best practice” for configuring successful URL checks? Thanks in advance for any guidance provided. Ev EVERETTE R. WEBBER, MSM DIRECTOR OF SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATION, UNIVERSITY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 4201 S. WASHINGTON ST. MARION, IN 46953 To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list. To unsubscribe send a message with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line to [email protected] If you use auto-responders (like out-of-the-office messages), make sure that they are not sent to the list nor to individual members. Doing so will cause you to be automatically removed from the list.
