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Monitoring Servers

The Monitoring Servers feature provides features similar to Windows’ Task Monitor that permit monitoring of server-side performance information during the play of Test Compositions. In SOASTA CloudTest, a Monitor Server defines the hardware or software end-point that will be monitored.

You can monitor System Resources, Application Servers, Databases, and ColdFusion development framework.

In SOASTA CloudTest, a Monitor Server typically requires the hostname and authentication credentials (with the exception of the built-in CPU Percentage, IO Kbytes Read, IO Kbytes Written, and Memory Usage of SOASTA CloudTest itself).

Create a New Monitor Server

1. In the SOASTA Repository, select Monitoring Servers.

2. Click New on the toolbar.

3. The Add a New Monitor Server or Monitor wizard appears. Click Monitor Server and then click Next.

4. Enter the Monitor Server name, a brief description, and the host name of the server.

5. Choose which resources on the host to monitor. You can monitor System Resources, Application Servers, Databases, and ColdFusion development framework. For example, if you want to monitor a JBoss server, check the App Servers box.

6. Enter the authentication information about the monitor server.
   
   In SOASTA CloudTest, a Monitor Server typically requires the hostname and authentication credentials (with the exception of the built-in CPU Percentage, IO Kbytes Read, IO Kbytes Written, and Memory Usage of SOASTA CloudTest itself).

7. Once a Monitor Server is configured, you should also create a monitor that uses that configured Monitor Server. Check the Summary screen > Create a Monitor for this Monitor Server box and then click Next, or leave the box unchecked and use the Repository > Monitors > New command to create a monitor at a later time.
   
   In either case, click Finish.