Configure an HTTP/HTTPS monitor

Configure the request

• Enter an HTTP or HTTPS URL. The target can be up to 2048 characters.
• Choose a method: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, PATCH, or OPTIONS. GET is the default.
• Add custom header names up to 100 characters and values up to 2048 characters. Header values cannot contain line breaks.
• Add a request body for POST, PUT, or PATCH requests. The body limit is 10 KB.
• Set the request timeout from 1 to 60 seconds. The default is 10 seconds. Retries accept 1 to 10 attempts, with 3 as the default.

Validate the response

• Set expectedStatusCodes. The default is 2xx; you can use an individual code such as 200, a comma-separated list such as 200,201, or a range such as 200-299.
• Add responseContentMatch to require a text substring in the response body.
• Set the response-time threshold from 100 to 60000 ms. The default is 5000 ms.
• Set the uptime threshold from 1% to 100%. The default is 99%.

Check the certificate

Keep SSL validation enabled to validate the certificate while connecting to an HTTPS target. The sslValidation option is enabled by default and belongs to the HTTP monitor configuration.

Related

• Monitor types overview
• Creating a monitor
• SSL certificate checks