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Page 1: Dropmysite Website Monitoring Guide - edited · A “Website Monitor” allows website owners to track the uptime of their websites. The service provides instant alerts to website

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.