To monitor an Apache httpd server, you must add the Apache httpd server source to IBM® DevOps Test Hub (Test Hub), enter connection
settings and select the counters that are used to capture the monitoring usage data.
You must be logged in Test Hub and be the owner of an existing new project.
You can optionally use agents. See Resource monitoring agents.
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Click .
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In the resource monitoring page, click Add a Source and
select Add an Apache httpd server....
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Fill in the following connection settings in the
New server dialog:
Note: For hosts that are already connected to Test Hub
through an agent, you have only the Access target
from field enabled. Move directly to step 4.
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In Target host, enter the
IP address or hostname and port number of the host where the server to
monitor is installed.
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In Server edition, select
the appropriate server from the drop-down list.
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In Path to the status page of the
server, enter the name of the page to view the status of
the server.
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In Security, select the following options:
- Secured with TLS/SSL
- If the application server is secured with TLS/SSL.
- Trust self-signed certificate
- To accept the server certificate.
- Do not verify hostname
- To ignore verification of the hostname in the
certificate.
- Require credentials
- If the server requires log-in credentials, enter a
User name and
Password.
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Click Add.
The Choose Data Counters dialog opens.
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Select and save the statistics counters to monitor the
source. You can select them from the list where they follow the server logical
organization.
For a faster selection, select the counters from the
built-in sets drop-down list where they are organized by theme and save your
selection.
When the selected counters are saved, two tables are
displayed in the resource monitoring main page. They contain the total
number of sources you have added and the number of sources ordered by type.
You can click the links in the tables to view the
performance metrics and resource monitoring usage data for the monitored server.