configuring health checks

  

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Application Health CheckApplication Health Check

An application health check is a monitoring process that continually checks all the components of a running PROIV application. Health checks monitor the connectivity between the servers as well as the performance of your application. E-mail alerts can be configured to notify users when a health check fails.

To enable health check:

  1. On the Dashboard page, click Configuration tab and then click Settings.
    The Settings page appears with default settings.

  2. Ensure that the Enable Health Checks slider is turned ON.  
    The Health Check for all the components is enabled; next time you open the Health Checks Dashboard page, the health check analysis is displayed.

Alert e-mail ConfigurationAlert e-mail Configuration

Alert messages are notifications that are sent to a specific e-mail address on a recurring basis. These are for informational purposes or when specific action occurs. You can configure alert e-mails for the critical events triggered by failed health checks.

After a health check has been enabled, any failures are recorded and displayed in the table in the Alert view. Alerts are generated by a timer job that also formats the alert e-mail using an alert template, and then sends that e-mail out to the user.

Note: If you have not configured any alerts; you will not receive an e-mail.

To set an alert, do the following:

  1. On the Dashboard page, click Configuration tab and then click Settings.
    The Settings page appears with default values.

  2. If you want an e-mail to be sent when the alert is triggered, click Enable Email Notifications and set the configuration as described in the following table.
    This action sends an e-mail with the details of the alert to one or more recipients.

    Field Name

    Description

    Frequency

    The frequency is the interval to control how often the health check has to be performed. The default value is 300 seconds; this means every 300 seconds a health check is performed for all the component services in an application. You can change the value as required.

    Email server host / IP address

    The IP address or hostname of the SMTP gateway to use for sending e-mails.

    SMTP Port

    The SMTP server port number for e-mail transmission.

    SMTP Password

    The password of SMTP mail server.

    From Sender

    The SENT from e-mail address.

    To Recipients

    Addresses of all e-mail recipients. If you specify more than one address, then separate the addresses with a comma (,).

    Subject

    A brief summary of the message's contents. The best e-mail subject lines are usually short, descriptive and provide the recipient with a reason to open the e-mail message.

    Message

    The content that describes the purpose of the communication. Use the following tags to include information about an alert.

    {healthCheck.deployment}

    {healthCheck.component}

    {healthCheck.failLog}

    Backoff time before another email is sent (seconds)

    The default interval is 300 seconds. Once an e-mail has been sent, the application will wait for 15 seconds before sending another e-mail.

  3. Click Save.

You can perform multiple actions from this view.

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