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1© Copyright 2016 Dropsuite Pte Ltd. All rights reserved.
DropmysiteProductGuide
WebsiteMonitoring
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ContentsWebsiteMonitors........................................................................................................................................3
HowdoIaddawebsitetobemonitored?...............................................................................................4
HowdoIeditthesettingsofmywebsitemonitor?.................................................................................6
HowdoIpausethewebsitemonitor?.....................................................................................................9
HowdoIdeleteapreviouslysetwebsitemonitor?...............................................................................10
CanImonitormywebsitesperformanceusingWebsiteMonitor?.......................................................11
HowdoIviewmywebsiteperformancechart?.....................................................................................11
HowdoIviewmywebsiteperformancedata?......................................................................................13
HowdoIcheckthenumberoftimesthemonitorfailedonaparticularday?......................................14
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WebsiteMonitors
WhatisaWebsiteMonitor?A“WebsiteMonitor”allowswebsiteownerstotracktheuptimeoftheirwebsites.Theserviceprovidesinstantalertstowebsiteowners(orsupportstaff)whentheironlinedatasufferscatastrophiceventslikewebsiteoutage,serviceunavailabilityandmore.Withimmediatenoticeofwebsiteproblems,itispossibletofixthembeforeirreparabledamageisdonetothewebsite,businessandreputation.
Thisnewtoolwillcomplementtheexistingwebsite/databasebackupwithalertswhentheuser'sclouddataiscompromised.Ownerscanchoosetoreceivefreeemailnotifications.
• HowtoMonitorWebsiteAvailabilityWeallowyoutomonitortheuptimeofyourwebsiteandnotifyyouviaemailintheeventofaserverornetworkoutage.Youcanmonitortheavailabilityofyourwebsitefromanywherethroughtheweboronmobile.
• HowtoGenerateWebsitePerformanceReportsApartfromcheckingtheavailabilityofyourwebsite,Dropmysitealsomonitorsyourwebsite’sperformanceandprovidesyouwithperformancedataforeachregion.Usingthewebsitemonitor,youcananalyzeyoursite'slatencyfromdifferentregionsaroundtheworldandcomparethem.YoucanalsousethemtotestifyourCloudDeliverynetworkisperformingthesameacrossmultipleregions.
Oursolutionletsyouanalyzetheresponsetime(inmsecs)ofyourwebsitefromaroundtheworldandalsoviewthemgraphicallyonachart.
YoucanmonitortheperformanceofeitheraGET,POSToraHEADrequest.Reportsaregeneratedautomatically.PleasenotethatyoucanconfiguredifferentHTTPmethods(GET,POSToraHEAD)forthesamewebsitetotrackthespeedanduptime.
1 GET
TheGETmethodisusedtoretrieveinformationfromthegivenserver.
2 HEAD
SameasGET,buttransfersthestatuslineandheadersectiononly.
3 POST
APOSTrequestisusedtosenddatatotheserverusingHTMLforms.
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Howtoaddawebsiteformonitoring?Log-intoyourbackupdashboardfromyourCPanel.
Onceloggedintoyouraccount,clickonthe“AddMonitor”buttononthetoprightcornerofthescreenandyouwillbetakentothescreenbelow.
1. EnterthewebsiteURLyouwanttomonitor.2. ChoosetheHTTPMethodfromHEAD,POSTandGET.3. ChoosetheUseragent.YoucanusethedefaultofMonitororfromalistofmultiplebrowser
andOScombinationsavailable.4. Addtheoptionalheaderwiththekeyandthevalue.Youhavetheoptiontoentermultiple
headers.5. Ifyouareusingapasswordprotectedwebsite,youcanclickontheBasicHTTPAuthentication
checkboxandentertheusernameandpassword.6. NowclickonNext.
Wewilldoaquickconnectiontoyourwebsitetoensureitisupandrunningbeforeallowingyoutoconfigureyourmonitorasshownbelow.
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7. Youcansetthetimeout,thefrequencyatwhichthemonitorshouldtestyourwebsiteandthenumberoffailuresbeforewhichweshouldalertyou.
8. Youcanalsochoosetheregionsfromwhereyouwantthemonitortotestthesystemandsetmultipleemailaddressestowhomthealertshouldbesent.Onceyouhaveconfiguredthis,clickonNext.
9. Youwillbetakentothescreenbelowtoverifyyoursettingsandgiveanametotheprofile.Onceyouaredone,clickonSaveandyourwebsitemonitorwillnowstart.
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HowdoIeditthesettingsofmywebsitemonitor?1. Log-intoyourbackupdashboardfromyourCPanel.2. Clickonthe“EditWebsiteDetails”buttonbesidethemonitorwhichyouwanttoedit.
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3. YouwillbetakentotheEditMonitorpageasshownbelowwhereyoucaneditallthesettingsrelatedtothemonitor.
4. ClickonNext.
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5. Youcansetthetimeout,thefrequencyatwhichthemonitorshouldtestyourwebsiteandthenumberoffailuresbeforewhichweshouldalertyou.
6. Youcanalsochoosetheregionsfromwhereyouwantthemonitortotestthesystemandsetmultipleemailaddressestowhomthealertshouldbesent.Onceyouhaveconfiguredthis,clickonNext.
7. Youwillbetakentothescreenbelowtoverifyyoursettingsandgiveanametotheprofile.Onceyouaredone,clickonSaveandyourwebsitemonitorwillnowstart.
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HowdoIpausethewebsitemonitor?1. Log-intoyourbackupdashboardfromyourCPanel.2. Clickonthe“PauseMonitor”buttonbesidethemonitorwhichyouwanttopausemomentarily.3. Onceyouclickonthebutton,youwillseethatthestatusofthemonitoronthedashboard
changesfromOnlinetoPaused.
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4. Youcanstartthemonitoragainbyclickingonthesamebuttonwhichnowshowsasthe“StartMonitor”button.
HowdoIdeleteapreviouslysetwebsitemonitor?1. Log-intoyourbackupdashboardfromyourCPanel.2. Clickonthe“DeleteWebsite”buttonbesidethemonitorwhichyouwanttodelete.
Onceyouclickonthebutton,youwillbeaskedtoconfirmthedeletionofthemonitorbyclickingonYes.
3. OnceyouclickonYes,yourwebsitemonitorwillbedeletedandyouwillbetakentothedashboard.
4. Pleaserememberthatonceyoudeletethemonitor,alltheperformancedataislost.Ifyouwanttoretainthedata,itsbetteryoupausethemonitorinsteadofdeletingit.
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CanImonitormywebsite’sperformanceusingWebsiteMonitor?Yes.
Apartfromcheckingtheavailabilityofyourwebsite,wealsomonitoryourwebsite’sperformanceandprovideyouwiththeperformancedataforeachregion.
UsingWebsiteMonitor,youcananalyzeyoursite'slatencyfromdifferentregionsaroundtheworldandcomparethem.YoucanalsousethemtotestifyourCloudDeliverynetworkisperformingthesameacrossmultipleregions.
Onceyouaddawebsitemonitor,weautomaticallymonitoryoursite’sperformancewhilewemonitorthewebsite.
HowdoIviewmywebsiteperformancechart?Youcanviewthewebsiteperformancechartofeachofthewebsitemonitorbyclickingonthe“Graphs”besidetherespectivewebsitemonitoronthedashboard.
Youwillthenbetakentotheperformancepagewhereyoucanviewthechartsofthewebsite'sperformanceindifferentregions.
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Youcanusethedatefilteroptiontochangethedatarange.
Thedatashownisaplotoftheday'saverageresponsetimetothedayormonthbasedonthetimelinechosen.
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HowdoIviewmywebsiteperformancedata?Youcanviewthewebsiteperformancedataofeachofthewebsitemonitorsbyclickingonthe“Performance”buttonbesidetherespectivewebsitemonitoronthedashboard.
YouwillthenbetakentotheWebsiteMonitorResultspagewhereyoucanviewthedataofthewebsite'sperformanceindifferentregions.
Youcanusetheregionfilteroptiontoviewthedataofaparticularregion.
Thedatashownincludes:
• Date–Thedateofwhichtheresultisshown.
• Minimum–Theminimumresponsetimefortheday.
• Maximum–Themaximumresponsetimefortheday.
• Average–Thearithmeticaverageresponsetimefortheday.
• Tests–Thenumberoftestsperformedthroughouttheday.
• Failures–Thenumberoftimesthemonitorfailed.
• Uptime–Apercentageofthenumberofsuccessfultriesoverthenumberoftests.
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HowdoIcheckthenumberoftimesthemonitorfailedonaparticularday?Youcanviewthenumberoftimesthemonitorfailedtoreachyoursitebyclickingonthe“Failures”buttonbesidethemonitoryouwanttoviewonthedashboard.
Youwillbetakentothewebsitemonitorfailurepageasshownbelow.
Thepageshowsthedateofthefailuretogetherwiththetimeforwhichthewebsitewasdown.Italsoshowsthenumberofemailsperday.
Apartfromshowingthenumberoffailures,italsodetailsthereasonforthefailuresuchas502–BadGateway,Timeout,Serverbrokeconnection,etc.