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18 HTTP service monitor
This chapter describes how to add and modify the URL application monitor, and helps you view the
monitor report.
URL
A uniform resource locator (URL) provides a reference to an Internet resource and a means of locating
the resource. For more information about URL, see RFC 1738. You can access resources provided by
HTTP services through URLs.
By accessing a URL, APM judges whether the HTTP service is properly running on the host that provides
the resource to which the URL links.
Adding a URL application monitor
APM accesses URLs through the HTTP service port (TCP port 80 by default). When you add a URL
application monitor, make sure the host providing HTTP services has been added to the IMC Platform.
For information about adding hosts to the IMC Platform, see IMC Base Platform Administrator Guide for
the chapter on resource management.
To add a URL application monitor:
1. Click the Resource tab.
2. Enter the Add Application page in one of the following ways:
Select Application Manager > Add Application from the navigation tree.
The page displays all application types that can be monitored by APM.
Select Application Manager > Application Monitor from the navigation tree, and click Add on
the application monitor list page.
3. Click URL of the HTTP Service Monitor class.
The page for adding a URL application monitor appears.
Name—Enter the application monitor name, which must be unique in APM. HP recommends
that you use the Application name_host IP address format to name the application monitor.
Description—Enter a description for the application monitor to aid maintenance.
IP Address—Click Select and select the host where the HTTP service is located in the Select
Devices window. For information about selecting a host, see "xxx."
Port—Enter the HTTP service port for URL access. The default port number is 80.
Polling Interval (min)—Select a polling interval for the application monitor. Available options
include 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 20, and 30. The default polling interval is 5 minutes.
Relative Path—Enter the relative path of the Web page starting with a slash (/). To obtain a
relative path, remove the http:// string and the IP address from a full path.
Contact—Enter the contact information, such as name, email address, and telephone number.
Related Application—Click Add. The Select Applications window appears. Select the
applications that URL depends on, and click OK. You cannot select operating system
applications, such as Windows XP, Windows Server, AIX, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, HP-UX,