Oracle HTTP Response Test

The quality of response coming from HTTP server is a very good indicator of internal working of server. If majority of responses coming from the server are indicating some sort of error, it could point to some underlying issue. That the reason it is really important to monitor the server responses looking for a trends when the responses start turning bad.

This test monitors the HTTP Response of the server and looks for various categories of errors, looking at which administrators will get an idea if the poor responses are results of bad requests or if there is an underlying issue which needs to be looked at.

Target of the test :An Oracle HTTP Server 12c

Agent deploying the test : An External Agent or internal Agent

Outputs of the test : One set of results for every Oracle HTTP Server monitored

Configurable parameters for the test

Parameter	Description
Test period	How often should the test be executed.
Host	The IP address of the Oracle HTTP Server.
Port	The port number through which the Oracle HTTP Server 12c communicates. The default port is 7777.
SSL	By default, the Oracle HTTP Server is SSL-enabled. Accordingly, the SSL flag is set to Yes by default
Admin Port	Admin port details can be found in configuration file. By default Admin port is 9999.

Measurements made by the test

Measurement	Description	Measurement Unit	Interpretation
200 responses	Indicates the percentage of requests that were successfully serviced by the web server during the last measurement period.	Percent
Errors	Indicates the percentage of responses with errors during the last measurement period.	Percent	Responses with a 400 or 500 status code are counted as errors. Administrator needs to investigate the issue at HTTP Server.
300 responses	Indicates the percentage of responses in the last measurement period with a status code in the range of 300-399.	Percent	300 responses could indicate page caching on the client browsers or redirection of requests. A sudden change in this value is indicative of a problem condition.
400 errors	Indicates the percentage of responses in the last measurement period with a status code in the range of 400-499.	Percent	A high value indicates a number of missing/error pages.
500 errors	Indicates the percentage of responses in the last measurement period with a status code in the range of 500-600.	Percent	Since responses with a status code of 500-600 indicate server side processing errors, a high value reflects an error condition.