From: W. Alan Robertson (warobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx)
Date: Tue May 22 2001 - 17:31:50 GMT-3
Oriya,
Presumably, you're talking about a web server that hosts several virtual web
sites...
The problem you'll run into is that modern web servers usually host virtual
sites utilizing the same IP address, and port number. The web server software
decides which "home page" to load based on the inbound URL, rather than the mer
e
inbound connection.
To specifically montior one of the virtual sites, you'd need a tool with
application layer awareness. I can't recommend one off hand. In a general
sense, a tool like Big Brother will periodically initiate a port 80 connection
attempt, ensuring that the server is still responding. In most cases, knowing
that the server is still alive will be indicative of functioning virtual sites.
If you are trying to determine traffic to and from one of the specific virtual
sites, for billing purposes as an example, then you'd be far better served by
making use of some form of logfile analysis tool. I know the Apache server wil
l
allow you to utilize a seperate log file for each virtual site, and I'm fairly
certain other servers would offer the same functionality.
Best of luck,
Alan
P.S. Please utilize the [OT:] subject convention when posting non-ccielab
specific questions, so that others may filter or skip off-topic list traffic.
It's considered good form.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Oriya Pollak" <oriya@techiesclub.com>
To: "ccielab" <ccielab@groupstudy.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:34 PM
Subject: Monitoring by IP or Port
> Is there a way to monitor a virtual site? Maybe by IP or Port # ?
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> Oriya Pollak
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