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Technical Specifications

Standard checks

Ping
HTTP
HTTPS
SSL Certificate Expiry
DNS
SMTP
SSH

Custom checks

All standard types on any arbitrary port, plus generic TCP and TCPS (TCP SSL) checks on any port.

Thresholds

Usually separate settings for each of Warning and Critical states
Time delay where applicable
Days until certificate expiration for HTTPS Certificate Expiry
Performance results (packet loss, returned page size, etc)

Check frequency

Intervals from once every 10 days down to once per minute, 5 minutes, or 15 minutes.

Failures before notification

Configurable from 1-10 consecutive failures on a per-host basis.

Service states

Normal
Warning
Critical
Unknown

Notifications

Each notification can be acknowledged to indicate the problem is being addressed and stop further repeat notifications.

Repeat notifications

Set per notification group.

Intervals from 15 minutes to 1 day, or never.

Planned Maintenance

Set maintenance periods on a per-host/service basis to disable notifications for a set time.