If you run the Archiver as a standalone item, and if you have set up the monitoring feature in SDL Tridion, you may want to monitor the standalone Archiver. This topic explains how.
Procedure
- Access the machine on which your Monitoring Agent runs and navigate to its configuration location.
- Open cd_monitor_conf.xml for editing.
- Access the Archive Manager installation media and navigate to Content Delivery\resources\configurations\.
- Open cd_monitor_conf_sample.xml.
- In the
<HeartbeatMonitoring> section, go to <Services>.
- Copy the
Service node with its ServiceType set to ArchiveManagerHost from cd_monitor_conf_sample.xml and paste it in the same location in cd_monitor_conf.xml.
- In cd_monitor_conf_sample.xml, copy the following fragment, found in the
<ServiceHealthMonitors> section:
<HttpServiceHealthMonitor ServiceType="ArchiveManagerHost" ServiceInstance="local"
PollInterval="5m" TimeoutInterval="30s">
<Request URL="http://localhost:8080/cd_archiveweb/host" />
<!-- <Authentication Scheme="Basic" Username="admin" Password="admin"/> -->
</HttpServiceHealthMonitor>
- Paste it in the same location in cd_monitor_conf.xml.
- Change the value of the
URL arttribute to the server name and port number where you standalone Archiver runs.
- If you use authentication, uncomment the
Authentication element and set its attributes.
- Save and close cd_monitor_conf.xml.
- Restart the Monitoring Agent Windows service or Java process.