Setting Up a Default Probe

To set up a default probe using the Server Probe Setup page follow these steps:

  1. In the Type drop-down list box, select default probe then enter a unique name for that probe in the Name text box.  By default, the probe type is Default Probe and the probe name is CF Probe. You can choose to keep or change the default name (CF Probe) specified.

  2. In the URL to Probe text box, specify the URL address you want to the probe to monitor. By default, this address is http://<your_server>/btauxdir/cfprobe.cfm. Note that the page you want the probe to monitor can either be an html page, cfm page, or a jsp page.

  3. In the String to Search text box, enter a text string that appears on the page specified by the URL. If the success_string includes spaces, it must be enclosed in quotations marks.

  4. In the Frequency text box, enter a time, in seconds, to indicate how often the probe verifies the availability of the ColdFusion server. By default, the frequency value is 60 seconds.

  5. In the TimeOut text box, enter a time, in seconds, to indicate how long the probe should wait before registering a failure. By default, the timeout value is 60 seconds.

Warning. Do not set the timeout value to less than 60 seconds, or the ColdFusion server may restart  inadvertently due to network congestion, rather than detect an actual failure on the server.

  1. If the probe test fails, choose one or more of the following actions that you want to occur upon failure.

  2. To proceed, do one of the following:

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