Create an Availability Check
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In the control panel, on the top menu, click Products and select Availability Check.
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Ensure you have enough available checks—check the number of created checks and the total number of available checks in the top-right corner. If all available checks have been created, order more. You are provided with three free checks, regardless of the number of requests they send.
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Click Create check.
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Enter the check name.
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Enter tags for filtering in the check list.
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Select the check type.
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In the Host/IP field, enter the domain or IP address of the server being checked.
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Select the protocol to be used for the check.
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Select the check period—how often the check will be performed.
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Select the check timeout—the time period after which the check is considered failed.
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Select the request sequence for the check. The sequence determines which check points requests will be sent from:
- sequentially—each subsequent request will be performed from the next check point in the list of selected points;
- in parallel—each request will be performed from all selected points simultaneously;
- randomly—each subsequent request will be performed from a random point from the list of selected points.
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Specify additional parameters for the selected check type.
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Select check points. Their IP addresses are listed—if a firewall is installed on your server, allow these IP addresses in the firewall rules.
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Optional: select the contacts to receive notifications about a specific event—a specific check result. By default, for the selected contacts, a notification will be created for the Failed event, which will be sent for any unwanted check result. For example, for a PING type check, the Failed event includes a timeout and a server connection error. You will be able to configure other notifications after creating the check.
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If you do not want to display the check on the public statistics page with your account's checks, uncheck the Show in public report.
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If you do not want the check report to be included in the summary weekly report, uncheck the Include in weekly email report.
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Optional: test the check—click Test check.
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If you want to keep the check inactive, uncheck the Enable check after creation.
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Click Create and start.