Agents Administration - Tests
 

Default Parameters for SWSHttpTest

The SWSHttptest monitors the HTTP requests to and responses from each virtual server across all the nodes where a specific configuration applies, and thus reveals the quality of the HTTP service on the virtual servers.

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

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

  • In the USER text box, specify the name of the administrator of the administration server to which the target web server is registered.

  • The eG agent connects to the administration server to which the target Sun Java web server is registered to extract the required metrics. To enable the eG agent to communicate with this administration server, you first need to create a password file containing the administrator password for accessing the server; this password file should be created in the install directory of the Sun Java web server. Specify the name of this file in the PASSWDFILE text box; by default, this is admin.passwd.

  • In the ADMINSERVER text box, specify the IP address of the administration server to which the target web server is registered.

  • In the ADMINPORT text box, Indicate the port at which the administration server listens.

  • In Web Server 7.0, all configurable elements of a server instance like web applications, configuration files, and search collection indexes are logically grouped and termed as a Configuration. This test will monitor those virtual servers across all nodes where the the configuration specified against CONFIG is deployed. In the CONFIG text box therefore, specify the name of the Configuration that applies to the virtual servers of interest to you.

  • Set the SSL flag to Yes if the administration server is SSL-enabled; if not, set it to No.

  • Specify the full path to the Sun Java installation directory in the WEBSERVERDIR text box.

  • Once all the required values are provided, click the Update button to register the changes.

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.