Setup heart beat monitor

1. Generate two magic numbers to access the application from another process (monitor) without using user:password.

 Go to 'Customize > Classes' and search for the class DBMagicNumber and click on create DBMagicNumber

Set the command to: TASK LIST UPDATE_NOTIFY;TASK BEAT MONITOR;

Save and copy the generated key from the field 'Magic Number' . 

Create a second magic number and set the command to: HEALTH show human DISK;

Save and copy the generated key from the field 'Magic Number' . 

 

   

   

Note: Only user with owner access level allowed to generate magic number

 

2. Disable unused tasks

Go to 'Customize > Classes' and search for the class DBTask

List all tasks and clear the enabled field from unused tasks like:

LDAP, BACKUP, MAIL_SCANNER, FILE_SCAN

 

 

 3. Update the file monitor.properties

   Connect to your application server and go to the configuration directory

   cd stServer/conf

   Edit the file  'monitor.properties' with your favourite editor.

   vi monitor.properties

   Remove the comment sign (#) from the keys and set the below values:-

  REMOTE_CONNECTION= Put here your application URL, for example https://aspc.jobtrack.com.au
  MAIL_LIST=support@yourcompany.com
  MAGIC_NUMBER= Put here the magic numbers you generate before separated by comma, for example HDC0-GX31-KG5S-MC8W-4LD0,B4BA-EWSJ-5BFR-0P2A-ZJ71
  LAYER_ID=1251 (Your application layer id) 
  MAIL_FROM=monitor@yourcompany.com
  MAIL_SUBJECT=Heart Beat Monitor
  #send a summary email every 7 days, set to 0 will disable the summary email
  SUMMARY_PERIOD=7 Days
  #monitor history location, the history is used for sending summary email
  HISTORY_DIC=/home/www/.monitor/

 

 

  4. Create a schedule task to run the monitor every 10 minutes as below.

    (For Linux server use crontab) 

    $sudo su - webapps

    $crontab -e

     Add the below line to the file and save.

     00,10,20,30,40,50 *  *  *  *  /home/webapps/stServer/bin/monitor.sh > /home/webapps/stServer/logs/monitor.out 2>&1