New Relic is one of the best software solutions for synthetic monitoring of websites. New Relic is a cloud-based- Application Performance Management solution, also known as New Relic APM. It helps in monitoring the health of your apps, and their performances, and considering the needful changes. New Relic comes with an in-built synthetic monitoring feature that helps detect the health of apps from the severity and frequency of issues.
Now you know what the new Eric application is about, let’s move forward with how to get synthetics monitoring to work in the new relic.
Overview of Synthetic Monitoring in New Relic
The process of synthetic monitoring is dedicated to examining the performance of apps- whether they fail or exceed the expected performance. It allows you to proactively monitor the performance and availability of your web applications. It ensures the proper user interactions and correct functionality of the applications.
How Does the Synthetic Monitoring Work in New Relic
In this section, we are going to review the steps for how to get synthetics monitoring to work in a new relic. For synthetic monitoring of the performance of your web applications, follow these steps:
1). Login to your new relic account: if you already have an account, then log in with your existing credentials otherwise sign up for an account on the new relic.
2). Locate “Synthetics”: after entering the interface, you have to navigate to the Synthetics section where you will find “More” or a similar menu.
3). New monitor: in the next step you are required to create a new synthetic monitor. Follow Monitors > Create Monitor.
4). Monitor Type: you will find several synthetic monitors in the new relic to choose from:
- Ping: to monitor the availability of URLs.
- Simple Browser: examine the specific URL.
- API Test: test RESTful API endpoints.
- Scripted browser: advanced browser scripting and tests.
- Private location: monitor internal resources with private minions.
5). Configure the settings of the synthetic monitor:
- Give a name and description to your monitor.
- Set the frequency of checks.
- Set the location for check runs like the new relic’s public locations.
- At last, specify the API endpoint or URL to monitor.
6). Set up Validations and Assertions:
- To ensure the expected behavior of your application on browser or scripted browser monitors, set up validation and assertions.
- Show that constitutes a specific check like the specific content on the page or a status code for API tests.
7). Other optional settings: some monitors require adding additional settings like request headers, cookies, credentials, etc.
8). Create your monitor by saving it: after complete configuration, you can create your monitor by saving the settings.
9). Review monitor: after creating your monitor, you can now see it on your new relic synthetic monitor dashboard. There you’ll see response time, status, and errors.
Using the above steps, you will be able to monitor the web applications with synthetic monitors in the new relic.
Summing It Up
You can choose from the various synthetic monitor options available on new relics according to the requirements of an organization or whether you are using it for personal use.