Test monitoring probe

To test a monitoring check, do the following actions:

  1. Open the object, where the monitoring process is set up in the End view.

  2. Go to the Monitoring section.

  3. Press the Test button.

After these actions, the system will show the following window:

test

REST API

You can test monitoring settings via the REST API with the "Test Monitoring Properties" request for objects and links.

This request requires object or link ID.

Request example via curl
login=<...>
password=<...>
saymon_hostname=<...>
link_id=<...>
url=https://$saymon_hostname/node/api/links/$link_id/monitoring/test

curl -X POST $url -u $login:$password \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- <<EOF
[
    {
        "name": "AgentId",
        "value": "66f14e6a55f73e02aa881125"
    },
    {
        "name": "TaskPeriodValue",
        "destroy": true
    },
    {
        "name": "TaskPeriodUnit",
        "value": "seconds"
    },
    {
        "name": "TaskType",
        "value": "ping"
    },
    {
        "name": "PingHost",
        "value": "example.com"
    },
    {
        "name": "PingPacketsCount",
        "value": "10"
    },
    {
        "name": "PingTimeout",
        "value": "50"
    },
    {
        "name": "PingSrcInterface",
        "destroy": true
    }
]
EOF