Creating a webpage test

Create a webpage test to test the availability of your web application and to monitor how long that page takes to open.

To create a webpage test, complete the following steps.

1. If you are viewing the Availability Monitoring summary page, click Add New Test.
   
   If you are viewing the Availability Monitoring dashboard, click Add New Test on the Synthetic Tests pane.
   
2. Click Single Action on the Monitoring Setup page; then, click Webpage on the Single Action page.
3. Enter a meaningful name for your test in the Name field. Add a description of the purpose of your test to the Description field.
4. Enter the URL of the web application that you want to test.
5. Configure the warning and critical alert thresholds for your test in the Response Validation section. Edit the Value and Unit for each row.
   Response times that exceed your warning and critical thresholds trigger alerts.

   

6. Use the Blacklist and Whitelist to specify which URLs and domains to send requests to and which URLs and domains contribute to the metrics and status of your application tests. Add URLs and domains that you want to include or block to the Whitelist and Blacklist.
   For more information, see Blocking and filtering with the whitelist and blacklist.
7. Click Verify to create your webpage test and to determine whether your test request is valid.

   Availability Monitoring determines the test validity by sending a GET request to your test URL. No response validation takes place during test verification.

   Your validated test is displayed in the Verified Items table. You can add more URLs by repeating steps 3 - 7.

8. To configure your test settings, click Next.

   A summary of the test configuration is displayed. The following message is displayed for the default settings:

   Test will occur: Every 15 minutes from 3 public locations and no private locations simultaneously to determine if test exceeds the specified threshold.

   The estimated usage and estimated number of tests per month are displayed based on your current test configuration.

9. In the Settings pane, click Edit to display the current settings for your test.
   You can update the following settings:

   • Interval defines how often the test runs.
   • Testing frequency determines whether your test runs from all locations simultaneously or from a different location at each interval. Select Simultaneous to run your test from all locations simultaneously, or select Staggered to run your test from a different selected location at each interval.
   • Locations determines the locations where your test runs

   Select locations from the list of Public Locations. To select a private location to run your test from, you must first install and configure a private PoP on the machine that you want to run your test from. For more information, see Installing and configuring private PoP locations.

   Click Save to finish configuring your test.

10. Click Finish.
    The Availability Monitoring dashboard is displayed. After a minute, the dashboard displays information and data for your new test.