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JK_40718's avatar
JK_40718
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May 01, 2014

Health Monitors for Web Applications

When monitoring web applications should I use a basic HTTP monitor to find a string on a dynamic page or a SOAP query?

 

application delivery
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  • Patrik_Jonsson's avatar
    Patrik_Jonsson
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    May 01, 2014

    Depends on your service. Try to test the actual function of the pool member service.

     

    /Patrik

     

  • JK_40718's avatar
    JK_40718
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    May 01, 2014

    Lets say I have a web app which uses SOAP and the developer gives me a SOAP query I can use to detect if the app is working correctly. Surely I would use the SOAP monitor.

     

    Is it as clear cut as that? Or is HTTP checking a dynamic web page just as good.

     

    I am interested in people who use both methods and have experience with how reliable each method is.

     

  • Patrik_Jonsson's avatar
    Patrik_Jonsson
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    May 01, 2014

    The reliability depends on the application I guess. Checking a dynamic page would ensure that the web server is able to generate the content, while sending a Soap request actually tests a specific service.

     

    If the main thing with the pool members is to serve SOAP requests I'd go for that one. You could also do both, but I generally recommend using one monitor whenever it's possible.

     

    /Patrik