Configure Application Monitoring in Concerto

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You can configure application monitoring to monitor traffic actively and continuously across the network, and to report about the traffic. You can monitor an IP address or a fully qualified domain name (FQDN) by configuring an application monitor object and then associating the object with the IP address or FQDN. To verify whether the IP address or FQDN is up or down, the application monitor sends either DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, ICMP or TCP probe packets.

To configure application monitoring:

1. In Tenant view, go to Configure > Profile Elements > Elements > Monitor > Application Monitor.
   
   
   
   If there are no application monitors configured, the following screen displays.
   
   
    
2. Click Application Monitor. The Add Application Monitor screen displays.
3. In Step 1, Settings, enter information for the following fields. Note that the fields on this screen will change based on the monitor protocol that you select. See the table below for more details.
   
   
    

   Field	Description
   Monitor Protocol	Select a protocol type to use for the monitor: DNS HTTP HTTPS ICMP TCP
   Operation	Select the AND or OR Boolean operator.
   Domain Name	(For DNS only.) Enter the domain name for the application monitor.
   Destination Port	(For DNS, HTTP, HTTPS, and TCP only.) Enter the destination port for the application monitor.
   HTTP Response Code Low (Required)	(For HTTP and HTTPS only.) Enter the lowest value of the status code range.
   HTTP Response Code High (Required)	(For HTTP and HTTPS only.) Enter the highest value of the status code range.
   HTTP Raw Request	(For HTTP and HTTPS only.) For HTTP raw monitors, enter the HTTP request string to send generic HTTP requests to the remote endpoint. The string must include the complete HTTP request and the host attribute. For example, if you issue the HTTP request GET /vpntest HTTP/1.0\r\nUser-Agent:Versa IP SLA\r\nHost:httpserver.com\r\n\r\n;, the monitor sends a GET request to the httpserver.com to retrieve information.
   Target Type	Enter the IP address or FQDN for the device to be monitored.
   Target Value (Required)	Enter the IP address of the target, such as 10.1.1.1.
   Interval	Enter how often, in seconds, to send monitoring probes. Default: 2 seconds
   Threshold	Enter a value for the monitoring threshold, which indicates the number of consecutive monitor probes lost (or with no response) before declaring the application monitor down. Default: 5
   Forwarding Class	Select a forwarding class to use for outgoing probe packets.
   Nexthop Appliance	Select the next hop appliance to receive the probe packets and send them to the destination address specified in the Target Value field.
   Source Type (Group of Fields)	If you configure the source type, the specified source for the monitor is applied across all references. If you do not configure the source type, the system automatically generates the source for the monitor at the time of publication, based on its references.
   Source Network	Select a source network.
   Source VPN Name	Select a source VPN.

4. Click Next to go Step 2, Permissions.
   
   
    
5. You can accept the default permissions, or select new permissions for the roles. The options are Edit, Read, and Hide.
6. Click Next to go to Step 3, Review and Submit.
   
   
    
7. In the Name field, enter a name for the monitor. 
8. Review the configuration. Click the  Edit icon to make changes to any of the sections.
9. Click Save to create the application monitor.