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rjonker
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Nov 19, 2009

Need help. HTTP monitor based on hostname

Hi,   When I create a basic HTTP monitor and use a hostname the result is that the actual ip address of the host is used in the monitor. A one time nslookup is done.   If the ip address of t...
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hoolio
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Nov 19, 2009
I think you might need to use an external monitor. It would be a fairly simple one to implement using curl as long as you have DNS resolution configured. curl accepts a hostname and will perform name resolution before sending the request.

 

 

The Monitoring Codeshare has several examples of external curl-based HTTP monitors.

 

 

Aaron