Monitoring Specific URL

[GregPaskal]

I could really use a way to monitor specific URL's Simply pinging and IP address in to enough. Many times I am interested in monitoring some unique component of a website such as a branding logo, a form page or logon page. In an environment where multiple persons are performing development, I have seen critical components deleted or changed without knowing it has impacted other areas of the solution.

Another area this could be useful would be monitoring virtual domains that would typicaly be represented as the same IP address.

Lastly, some interesting metrics could be gathered by measuring the time to hit a domain by using a fully qualified domain vs. going straight to it with an IP address. This would help to understand how well your DNS is working.

Thanks for your consideration of this feature request.

Greg

[Rudolf]

Homepage monitoring

I have a similar question or suggestion.
Is it possible to really test a homepage? I mean, not just a ping to the webserver, but if the homepage is really displaying correctly. For example there is a small copyright notice on the bottom of the page. Now Zabbix should "read" the homepage content and if there is the word "copyright" then it's considered as ok. Like that it is possible to monitor a few homepages on the same IP address.
Is this already possible, or are there plans to add this feature?

[mlevin]

The simplest method for monitoring exotic parameters

AFAIK, the simples method to monitor the exotic parameters is to use custom-made script in conjunction with zabbix_sender/zabbix_trapperd.

Using simple sh scripts under cron I monitor:
- HDDs' fill rates on all Windows servers
- Virtual Memory / Used Physical Memory rates on them
- Running states of their specific services
- Number of VPN connections on all of our VPN gateways
- Specific syslog entries on all of our firewalls
- and more

It needs to do only three things: a) realize how to gather and analyze the information in your script, b) create the zabbix_trapped keys for the host and c) write proper triggers with action plus graphs and screens and whole nine yards.

Take care.

[Alexei]

- HDDs' fill rates on all Windows servers
- Virtual Memory / Used Physical Memory rates on them
- Running states of their specific services
- Number of VPN connections on all of our VPN gateways

All this can be monitored using standard ZABBIX agent without help of zabbix_sender and zabbix_trapperd.