HTTP Detector

Use this detector to find and assign services based on HTTP.

Detector facts

Implementation

org.opennms.netmgt.provision.detector.simple.HttpDetector

Configuration and Use

Table 1. Parameters for the HTTP detector
Parameter	Description	Required	Default value
`checkRetCode`	If set to true only HTTP status codes that are the same or lower than the value of maxRetCode pass.	optional	false
`maxRetCode`	Highest HTTP response code that passes. maxRetCode is only evaluated if checkRetCode is set to true.	optional	399
`port`	Port to query .	optional	80
`url`	URL to query	optional	/
`timeout`	Timeout in milliseconds to wait for a response.	optional	2000

The HTTP Detector makes only one HTTP request and doesn’t follow redirects.

Example Configuration

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<foreign-source date-stamp="2010-06-29T13:15:30.494+02:00" name="test" xmlns="http://xmlns.opennms.org/xsd/config/foreign-source">
  <scan-interval>1d</scan-interval>
  <detectors>
    <detector class="org.opennms.netmgt.provision.detector.simple.HttpDetector" name="http8080">
      <parameter key="port" value="8080"/>
      <parameter key="url" value="index2.html" />
      <parameter key="maxRetCode" value="200"/>
      <parameter key="checkRetCode" value="true"/>
    </detector>
  </detectors>
  <policies/>
</foreign-source>