Default Parameters for MultiHttpTest

This test emulates a user accessing a web page on the cloud via HTTP(S), and reports whether that page is accessible or not. In the process, the test indicates the availability of the cloud over the web, and the time it took for the agent to access the cloud over the web. This way, issues in web-based access to the cloud come to light.

This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for MultiHttpTest.

• The TEST PERIOD list box helps the user to decide how often should the test be executed.

• Enter the URL of the web page being accessed in the URL text box. While multiple URLs (separated by commas) can be provided, each URL should be of the format URL name:URL value. URL name is a unique name assigned to the URL, and the URL value is the value of the URL. By default, the url parameter is set to HomePage:http://aws.amazon.com/ec2/, where HomePage is the URL name, and http://aws.amazon.com/ec2 is the URL value. You can modify this default setting to configure any URL of your choice - eg., the URL of the login page to your cloud-based infrastructure.

• Indicate whether any cookies being returned by the web server need to be saved locally and returned with subsequent requests against the COOKIEFILE parameter.

• Provide the host on which a web proxy server is running (in case a proxy server is to be used) in the PROXYHOST parameter.

• Specify the port number on which the web proxy server is listening in the PROXYPORT text box.

• If the proxy server requires authentication, then, specify a valid proxy user name and password in the proxy user name and proxy password parameters, respectively. By default, these parameters are set to none, indicating that the proxy sever does not require authentication by default.

• Confirm the password by retyping it in the CONFIRM PASSWORD text box.

• In the TIMEOUT text box, specify the maximum duration (in seconds) for which the test will wait for a response from the server. The default TIMEOUT period is 30 seconds.

• Once the necessary values have been provided, clicking on the UPDATE button will register the changes made.

When changing default configurations of tests, the values with "$" indicate variables that will be replaced by the eG system according to the specific server being managed - for instance, $hostName is the host/nickname of the target host, $port is the port number of the server being monitored. E.g., for a server xyz:80, $hostName will be changed automatically by the eG manager to "xyz" and $port will be changed to "80" when configuring a test.