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Software development companies often provide patches and product updates for new features, bug fixes or security concerns. ipMonitor's HTTP - QA Monitor can help you watch other companies for these updates.
It's as simple as locating the download page or release history page for a particular company and monitoring it for any change. SolarWinds.Net has such a page specifically designed for this.
The following example illustrates how to use the HTTP - QA Monitor to be notified of ipMonitor product updates on the day of their release.
Configure a new HTTP - QA Monitor as follows:
- Set the Test Parameters as shown below:
IP Address / Domain Name: The Domain Name of the server you want to monitor. In this case, www.ipmonitor.com.
URL: The relative path to the file on the server being monitored. The /updates/currentvesion.aspx file was created specifically to be used with the HTTP - QA Monitor in this manner. It will be updated each time a new build is released.
- Click the Update button in the Analysis of Test Results section to sample the target file.
- In the Timing section, set the Maximum Test Duration, as well as the Delays Between Tests While: Up, Warn, Down and Lost to 86400 seconds. The resource will only be tested for updates once a day.
- In the Notification Control section, set Accumulated Failures per Alert and Maximum Alerts to Send to 1. You will only be alerted once, as soon as an update is found.
You will need to assign the newly configured HTTP - QA Monitor to a Profile to be able to generate an Alert.
For information on other features and concepts related to those discussed in this article, refer to the following ipMonitor resources:
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Last Updated: May 9, 2007 | What did you think of this topic?