UDP synthetic monitor makes a connection to the target IP address on a given port and monitors the time taken for the connection.

Configure Parameters of UDP Synthetic Monitor

After selecting the synthetic monitor type to UDP, enter the follwoing details:

SectionField NameDescriptionValues/ExampleField Type
UDP ConfigurationHostEnter the IP address/host name of the synthetics. It should be accessible from Gateway.
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  • www.google.com
Text
Connection Timeout (seconds)Maximum time-out to connect to the UDP server.
  • Default value: not NULL
  • Valid values: 1 - 540 seconds
  • Example: 280
String
Response Should ContainResponse body should contain specific content. Check the presence of any text in the response of the URL.
  • Default value: empty string
  • Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces.
  • Example: testing_123
String
Response Should Not ContainResponse body should not contain specific content. Check the absence of any text string in the response of the URL.
  • Default value: empty string
  • Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces.
  • Example: 123 # name_ < string >
String
Message To sendThe command or message that is sent to the server.
  • Default value: empty string
  • Valid values: Alphanumeric characters, underscore (_), pound (#), period (.), less than (<), greater than (>), and spaces.
  • Example: 1234
String
PortEnter the port number of the TCP server to communicate with OpsRamp's endpoints. It should be accessible from Gateway.
  • Default value: 0
  • Valid values: 0 - 65535 seconds
  • Example: 25
String
LocationsPublic LocationsSelect the public locations where the monitor will run.INT Public1Checkbox
Private LocationsSelect the private locations where the monitor will run.INT Private1Checkbox

After configuring, navigate to Infrastructure > Resources > Web Services > Synthetic to view the metrics and graphical representations for more information.

Metrics Graphical Representation

Graphical Representation

Supported Metrics

Metric NameDescriptionUnits
availability.down.location.count

Location Count: The number of locations where the configured host is down.-
synthetic.response.time

Response time. Time taken to connect to the port of the target UDP server.milliseconds