Create a monitoring metric
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in control panels from the top menu, press Products and select Network monitoring.
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Make sure you haven't exhausted your paid metrics limit — it's displayed on the top right and shows how many metrics you've already created and how many total metrics you can create. If the limit is exhausted, order additional metrics. Three metrics are provided free of charge.
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Click Create a metric.
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Enter the name of the metric
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Enter tags to filter in the metrics list.
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Select metric type.
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In the field Host/IP enter the domain or IP address of the server to be checked. Select the protocol that will be used for inspection.
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Select the test period — how often the test will be performed.
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Select the test timeout — the period of time after which the test will be considered unsuccessful.
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Select the sequence in which the checks are performed:
- sequentially — from all selected presence points one by one;
- parallel — from all selected points simultaneously;
- in random order.
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Specify additional parameters for the selected metric type.
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Check the checkpoints. The points have their IP addresses — if the server you are using has a firewall, include these addresses in the firewall rules.
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Optional: customize notices and reports.
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Optional: test the metric — press Test metrics.
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If you want to leave the new metric inactive, uncheck the checkbox Enable metrics immediately after creation.
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Click Create and run.