WebMonitor

WebMonitor is a clone of HttpMonitor, that uses a different underlying library for doing HTTP connections. WebMonitor uses Apache HttpClient, which acts more like a real browser (follows redirects, and so on) than HttpMonitor.

Monitor facts

Class Name

org.opennms.netmgt.poller.monitors.WebMonitor

Configuration and use

Table 1. Optional configuration parameters
Parameter	Description	Default
use-system-proxy `{}`	Specifies that system-wide proxy settings be used.	false
scheme	Protocol/scheme to use.	http, https
port	The port to connect to.	80
path	The path of the URL to request (for example, `/store/index.html`).	n/a
queryString	The query string to add to the URL after a `?` (for example, foo=bar&baz=zot).	n/a
timeout	The connection/socket timeout in milliseconds.	3000
user-agent	The User-Agent: header to send.	OpenNMS WebMonitor
virtual-host	The Host: header to send.	n/a
http-1.0	True/false whether to use HTTP 1.0 or 1.1.	false
header_#header#-value	Additional headers to include in the request. The parameter name should match a regular expressions of `header_[0-9]+$`	n/a
use-ssl-filter	Defaults to false. If true, it will trust self-signed certificates.	false
auth-enabled	Whether to enable basic authentication.	n/a
auth-user	The username for basic authentication.	n/a
auth-password	The password	n/a
auth-preemptive	Whether to send basic authentication even if the site did not ask for it.	true
response-text	The response text to look for.	n/a
response-range	What HTTP status ranges are considered success.	100-399

{} indicates the parameter supports placeholder substitution.