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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?  
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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