Scenario: A Citrix Administrator is running an e-commerce web service that uses backend SQL and RADIUS servers. The e-commerce platform runs on a web server using port 80, and a website status page on port 99 reports the status of all servers.
Which monitor should the administrator choose to confirm the availability of the e-commerce solution?
The e-commerce platform runs on a web server using port 80. To confirm the availability of the e-commerce solution, the administrator should monitor the service running on this port. HTTP-ECV (Extended Content Verification) on port 80 is the appropriate choice as it allows for more granular checks beyond simple HTTP by sending custom requests and analyzing responses. This ensures the web server and backend systems, like the database, are properly functioning together, confirming the availability of the entire e-commerce solution.
destPort TCP or UDP port to which to send the probe. If the parameter is set to 0, the port number of the service to which the monitor is bound is considered the destination port. For a monitor of type USER, however, the destination port is the port number that is included in the HTTP request sent to the dispatcher. Does not apply to monitors of type PING.
The question is "Which monitor should the administrator choose to confirm the availability of the e-commerce solution" and the Plattform is using Port 80. With HTTP-ECV you can send a probe to a web server that is a front end to a database, and the HTTP response should be checked to ensure that the web server is querying the database correctly.
I would say A (simple HTTP mon with specifying the dest. port) Tested on LAB: add lb monitor mon_99 HTTP -respCode 200 -httpRequest "HEAD /index.html" -LRTM DISABLED -destPort 99 for testing on nginx I added the port 99 beside 80.