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Monitoring External Services with SigNoz HTTP Check

TLDR Robin asked if it’s possible to monitor external services without instrumenting the app. Pranay and vishal-signoz guided them through monitoring HTTP endpoints, setting up collectors, and managing dashboards.

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May 24, 2023 (6 months ago)
Robin
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Robin
08:36 AM
Hi, I’m new to SigNoz and have a question: Is it possible to only run a external service without the ‘instrument your app’? So SigNoz makes a call every X seconds/minutes and checks the responsetime of a call and create my own calls?
Pranay
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Pranay
10:46 AM
is this something similar to what you are trying Robin - https://signoz.io/docs/monitor-http-endpoints/
Robin
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Robin
10:48 AM
Yes!
11:11
Robin
11:11 AM
Okay, I followed the instructions and added the httpcheck receiver to otel-collector-config.yaml receiver section and services > pipeline > metrics recievers.

I did a docker-compose down and up -d but the metric isn’t being shown as a service?
11:11
Robin
11:11 AM
Where can I find / test the metric? At traces?
vishal-signoz
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vishal-signoz
11:17 AM
You can open dashboard and add a graph panel plotted with http metrics.
https://signoz.io/docs/userguide/manage-dashboards/
Robin
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Robin
12:09 PM
Thanks! Still have to figure out a few things but this helps a lot.
12:10
Robin
12:10 PM
btw; is it possible to give a body with a request?
12:16
Robin
12:16 PM
As in, I need to get a authenticated request
May 25, 2023 (6 months ago)
vishal-signoz
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vishal-signoz
07:32 AM
It’s not possible to give a body with a request.
Here are the metrics which are available: https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/blob/main/receiver/httpcheckreceiver/documentation.md

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