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, etc.) than HttpMonitor.

Monitor Facts

Class Name

org.opennms.netmgt.poller.monitors.WebMonitor

Configuration and Use

Note that all parameters listed are optional.

Table 1. Configuration parameters
Parameter	Description	Default value
`use-system-proxy`	Specifies that system-wide proxy settings be used. The system proxy settings can be configured via system-properties/introduction.adoc#ga-opennms-system-properties[system properties.	`false`
`scheme`	Protocol/scheme to use.	`http, https`
`port`	The port to connect to.	80
`path`	The path of the URL to request (e.g., `/store/index.html`).
`queryString`	The query string to add to the URL after a `?` (e.g., foo=bar&baz=zot)
`timeout`	The connection/socket timeout.
`user-agent`	The `User-Agent:` header to send.
`virtual-host`	The `Host:` header to send.
`http-1.0`	True/false whether to use HTTP 1.0 or 1.1.
`header_#/header_#_value`	Headers to add
`use-ssl-filter`	Defaults to false, if true it will trust self-signed certificates.	false
`auth-enabled`	Whether to enable basic authentication.
`auth-user`	The username for basic authentication.
`auth-password`	The password
`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.
`response-range`	What HTTP status ranges are considered success.	100-399