Configuring synthetic monitoring

Monitor the availability and performance of your applications by using PATROL for Synthetic Monitoring. For details about what attributes are collected in monitoring, see Monitor-types-and-attributes.

Before you begin

To configure synthetic monitoring

1. Perform one of the following actions:
   • In BMC Helix Operations Management, click Configuration > Monitoring Policies > Create Policy.
   • In TrueSight Operations Management, click Configuration > Infrastructure Policies > Create Policy.
2. Click Add Monitoring Configuration.

3. To configure the KM, set the following preferences in the Add Monitoring Configuration dialog box:

   Monitoring Solution	Monitor Profile	Monitor Type
   Synthetic Monitoring	Synthetic Monitoring	Synthetic Monitoring

4. In the Synthetic Monitoring Configuration > Application Configuration section, click Add.

5. The following options are displayed:

   Field	Description
   Application name and Description	Enter a name to identify the configuration and enter an optional description.
   Script Execution Plan
   Script Execution Plan Name and Description	Enter the name of the plan that will execute to monitor transactions and an optional description. An execution plan is a set of configurations where you specify script details you created to monitor.
   Script path	Enter the path of the script file on the PATROL Agent server. Important If you use the Selenium-exported script, modify the exported script to use in PATROL for Synthetic Monitoring. For more information, see Modifying-recorded-script-exported-from-Selenium-IDE. If you use the Playwright codegen-recorded script, make sure that you select the target as Python > Library or Python > Library Async in the Playwright Inspector.
   Schedule Interval	Enter the time interval (in minutes) after which the script should be run.
   Script Variables
   Secret Variable List	Click Add and enter the name and value of the secret variable. Use secret variables when you want to secure the value of a variable.
   Script Variable List	Click Add and enter the name and value of the script variable.
   Disable Execution Plan	Select the check box to stop monitoring.
   URL Checker Execution Plan
   URL Checker Execution plan name and description	Enter the name of the plan that will execute to monitor transactions and an optional description. An execution plan is a set of configurations where you specify URL checker details you created to monitor.
   Verify if the title is	Enter the name of a title to be monitored.
   Verify if the content contains	Enter the content to be monitored.
   Schedule Interval (in Minutes)	Enter the time interval  (in minutes) after which the script should be run.
   Timeout Period (in Minutes)	Enter the time in a number of minutes until the session timeout.
   Disable Execution Plan	Select the check box to stop monitoring.
   Basic/Digest authentication
   User Name	Enter the user name required to authenticate access to the protected URL. This credential identifies the user and allows the user to monitor secure resources.
   Password	Enter the password that corresponds to the user name.
   Global Script Variables
   Global Secret Variable List	Click Add and enter the name and value of the secret variable. Use secret variables when you want to secure the value of a variable. These variables can be used in all the application configurations that you add.
   Global Script Variable List	Click Add and enter the name and value of the script variable. These variables can be used in all the application configurations that you add.
   Administration
   Java home	Specify the full path of the JRE directory on the PATROL Agent server.
   Python home	Specify the full path of the Python directory on the PATROL Agent server.
   Enable logging	Select the check box to enable KM debugging. Log files are created in the <PATROL_HOME>/stm/log directory on the PATROL Agent server. For example: PATROL Agent name-<PATROL_AGENT_PORT>-STM-synthetic.log

6. Click OK.