The DownSpeedTest attempts to download files at configured URLs, and measures the download speed of each of the files. This page depicts the default parameters that need to be configured for the DownSpeedTest.

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

• The URL is the web page being accessed. 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. For example, a URL can be specified as HomePage:http://192.168.10.12:7077/, where HomePage is the URL name and http://192.168.10.12:7077/ is the URL value.

• In the HOST text box, the host name of the server for which the test is to be configured has to be specified.

• Specify the port at which the JBoss server listens in the PORT text box.

• Certain cookies that need to be returned by the web server on subsequent requests have to be saved locally. This has to be specified in the COOKIEFILE text box.

• The host on which a web proxy server is running (in case a proxy server is to be used) has to be mentioned in the PROXYHOST text box.

• The port number on which the web proxy server is listening has to be provided in the PROXYPORT text box.

• The user name and the password of the proxy server have to be specified in the PROXYUSERNAME and PROXYPASSWORD text boxes respectively.

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

• In the CONTENT text box, specify a set of instruction:value pairs.that are used to validate the content being returned by the test. If the CONTENT value is none:none, no validation is performed. The number of pairs specified in this text box, must be equal to the number of URLs being monitored. The instruction should be one of Inc or Exc. Inc tells the test that for the content returned by the web server to be valid, the content must include the specified value (a simple string search is done in this case). An instruction of Exc instructs the test that the server's output is valid if it does not contain the specified value. In both cases, the content specification can include wild card patterns. For example, an Inc instruction can be Inc:*Home page*. An Inc and an Exc instruction can be provided in quick succession in the following format: Inc:*Home Page*,Exc:*home. 

• This test supports HTTP authentication. The CREDENTIALS parameter is to be set if a specific user name / password has to be specified to login to a page. This parameter is a comma separated list of user name:password pairs, one pair for each URL being monitored. A value of none:none indicates that user authorization is not required. Please be sure to check if your web site requires HTTP authentication while configuring this parameter. HTTP authentication typically involves a separate pop-up window when you try to access the page. Many sites uses HTTP POST for obtaining the user name and password and validating the user login. In such cases, the username and password have to be provided as part of the POST information and NOT as part of the CREDENTIALS specification for this test.

• 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.