Microsoft.Insights webtests 2020-10-05-preview

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• 2022-06-15
• 2020-10-05-preview
• 2018-05-01-preview
• 2015-05-01

Bicep resource definition

The webtests resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

• Resource groups - See resource group deployment commands

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Insights/webtests resource, add the following Bicep to your template.

resource symbolicname 'Microsoft.Insights/webtests@2020-10-05-preview' = {
  name: 'string'
  location: 'string'
  tags: {
    tagName1: 'tagValue1'
    tagName2: 'tagValue2'
  }
  kind: 'string'
  properties: {
    Configuration: {
      WebTest: 'string'
    }
    Description: 'string'
    Enabled: bool
    Frequency: int
    Kind: 'string'
    Locations: [
      {
        Id: 'string'
      }
    ]
    Name: 'string'
    Request: {
      FollowRedirects: bool
      Headers: [
        {
          key: 'string'
          value: 'string'
        }
      ]
      HttpVerb: 'string'
      ParseDependentRequests: bool
      RequestBody: 'string'
      RequestUrl: 'string'
    }
    RetryEnabled: bool
    SyntheticMonitorId: 'string'
    Timeout: int
    ValidationRules: {
      ContentValidation: {
        ContentMatch: 'string'
        IgnoreCase: bool
        PassIfTextFound: bool
      }
      ExpectedHttpStatusCode: int
      IgnoreHttpsStatusCode: bool
      SSLCertRemainingLifetimeCheck: int
      SSLCheck: bool
    }
  }
}

Property values

webtests

Name	Description	Value
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
kind	The kind of WebTest that this web test watches. Choices are ping and multistep.	'multistep' 'ping'
properties	Metadata describing a web test for an Azure resource.	WebTestProperties

WebTestProperties

Name	Description	Value
Configuration	An XML configuration specification for a WebTest.	WebTestPropertiesConfiguration
Description	User defined description for this WebTest.	string
Enabled	Is the test actively being monitored.	bool
Frequency	Interval in seconds between test runs for this WebTest. Default value is 300.	int
Kind	The kind of web test this is, valid choices are ping, multistep, basic, and standard.	'basic' 'multistep' 'ping' 'standard' (required)
Locations	A list of where to physically run the tests from to give global coverage for accessibility of your application.	WebTestGeolocation[] (required)
Name	User defined name if this WebTest.	string (required)
Request	The collection of request properties	WebTestPropertiesRequest
RetryEnabled	Allow for retries should this WebTest fail.	bool
SyntheticMonitorId	Unique ID of this WebTest. This is typically the same value as the Name field.	string (required)
Timeout	Seconds until this WebTest will timeout and fail. Default value is 30.	int
ValidationRules	The collection of validation rule properties	WebTestPropertiesValidationRules

WebTestPropertiesConfiguration

Name	Description	Value
WebTest	The XML specification of a WebTest to run against an application.	string

WebTestGeolocation

Name	Description	Value
Id	Location ID for the WebTest to run from.	string

WebTestPropertiesRequest

Name	Description	Value
FollowRedirects	Follow redirects for this web test.	bool
Headers	List of headers and their values to add to the WebTest call.	HeaderField[]
HttpVerb	Http verb to use for this web test.	string
ParseDependentRequests	Parse Dependent request for this WebTest.	bool
RequestBody	Base64 encoded string body to send with this web test.	string
RequestUrl	Url location to test.	string

HeaderField

Name	Description	Value
key	The name of the header.	string
value	The value of the header.	string

WebTestPropertiesValidationRules

Name	Description	Value
ContentValidation	The collection of content validation properties	WebTestPropertiesValidationRulesContentValidation
ExpectedHttpStatusCode	Validate that the WebTest returns the http status code provided.	int
IgnoreHttpsStatusCode	When set, validation will ignore the status code.	bool
SSLCertRemainingLifetimeCheck	A number of days to check still remain before the the existing SSL cert expires. Value must be positive and the SSLCheck must be set to true.	int
SSLCheck	Checks to see if the SSL cert is still valid.	bool

WebTestPropertiesValidationRulesContentValidation

Name	Description	Value
ContentMatch	Content to look for in the return of the WebTest. Must not be null or empty.	string
IgnoreCase	When set, this value makes the ContentMatch validation case insensitive.	bool
PassIfTextFound	When true, validation will pass if there is a match for the ContentMatch string. If false, validation will fail if there is a match	bool

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Dynamic Web Test Creation	Create any number of App Insights web (ping) tests.
Metric alert rule for an availability test	This template creates an Application Insights availability test along with a metric alert rule that monitors it.

ARM template resource definition

The webtests resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

• Resource groups - See resource group deployment commands

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Insights/webtests resource, add the following JSON to your template.

{
  "type": "Microsoft.Insights/webtests",
  "apiVersion": "2020-10-05-preview",
  "name": "string",
  "location": "string",
  "tags": {
    "tagName1": "tagValue1",
    "tagName2": "tagValue2"
  },
  "kind": "string",
  "properties": {
    "Configuration": {
      "WebTest": "string"
    },
    "Description": "string",
    "Enabled": "bool",
    "Frequency": "int",
    "Kind": "string",
    "Locations": [
      {
        "Id": "string"
      }
    ],
    "Name": "string",
    "Request": {
      "FollowRedirects": "bool",
      "Headers": [
        {
          "key": "string",
          "value": "string"
        }
      ],
      "HttpVerb": "string",
      "ParseDependentRequests": "bool",
      "RequestBody": "string",
      "RequestUrl": "string"
    },
    "RetryEnabled": "bool",
    "SyntheticMonitorId": "string",
    "Timeout": "int",
    "ValidationRules": {
      "ContentValidation": {
        "ContentMatch": "string",
        "IgnoreCase": "bool",
        "PassIfTextFound": "bool"
      },
      "ExpectedHttpStatusCode": "int",
      "IgnoreHttpsStatusCode": "bool",
      "SSLCertRemainingLifetimeCheck": "int",
      "SSLCheck": "bool"
    }
  }
}

Property values

webtests

Name	Description	Value
type	The resource type	'Microsoft.Insights/webtests'
apiVersion	The resource api version	'2020-10-05-preview'
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values. See Tags in templates
kind	The kind of WebTest that this web test watches. Choices are ping and multistep.	'multistep' 'ping'
properties	Metadata describing a web test for an Azure resource.	WebTestProperties

WebTestProperties

Name	Description	Value
Configuration	An XML configuration specification for a WebTest.	WebTestPropertiesConfiguration
Description	User defined description for this WebTest.	string
Enabled	Is the test actively being monitored.	bool
Frequency	Interval in seconds between test runs for this WebTest. Default value is 300.	int
Kind	The kind of web test this is, valid choices are ping, multistep, basic, and standard.	'basic' 'multistep' 'ping' 'standard' (required)
Locations	A list of where to physically run the tests from to give global coverage for accessibility of your application.	WebTestGeolocation[] (required)
Name	User defined name if this WebTest.	string (required)
Request	The collection of request properties	WebTestPropertiesRequest
RetryEnabled	Allow for retries should this WebTest fail.	bool
SyntheticMonitorId	Unique ID of this WebTest. This is typically the same value as the Name field.	string (required)
Timeout	Seconds until this WebTest will timeout and fail. Default value is 30.	int
ValidationRules	The collection of validation rule properties	WebTestPropertiesValidationRules

WebTestPropertiesConfiguration

Name	Description	Value
WebTest	The XML specification of a WebTest to run against an application.	string

WebTestGeolocation

Name	Description	Value
Id	Location ID for the WebTest to run from.	string

WebTestPropertiesRequest

Name	Description	Value
FollowRedirects	Follow redirects for this web test.	bool
Headers	List of headers and their values to add to the WebTest call.	HeaderField[]
HttpVerb	Http verb to use for this web test.	string
ParseDependentRequests	Parse Dependent request for this WebTest.	bool
RequestBody	Base64 encoded string body to send with this web test.	string
RequestUrl	Url location to test.	string

HeaderField

Name	Description	Value
key	The name of the header.	string
value	The value of the header.	string

WebTestPropertiesValidationRules

Name	Description	Value
ContentValidation	The collection of content validation properties	WebTestPropertiesValidationRulesContentValidation
ExpectedHttpStatusCode	Validate that the WebTest returns the http status code provided.	int
IgnoreHttpsStatusCode	When set, validation will ignore the status code.	bool
SSLCertRemainingLifetimeCheck	A number of days to check still remain before the the existing SSL cert expires. Value must be positive and the SSLCheck must be set to true.	int
SSLCheck	Checks to see if the SSL cert is still valid.	bool

WebTestPropertiesValidationRulesContentValidation

Name	Description	Value
ContentMatch	Content to look for in the return of the WebTest. Must not be null or empty.	string
IgnoreCase	When set, this value makes the ContentMatch validation case insensitive.	bool
PassIfTextFound	When true, validation will pass if there is a match for the ContentMatch string. If false, validation will fail if there is a match	bool

Quickstart templates

The following quickstart templates deploy this resource type.

Template	Description
Dynamic Web Test Creation	Create any number of App Insights web (ping) tests.
Metric alert rule for an availability test	This template creates an Application Insights availability test along with a metric alert rule that monitors it.

Terraform (AzAPI provider) resource definition

The webtests resource type can be deployed with operations that target:

• Resource groups

For a list of changed properties in each API version, see change log.

Resource format

To create a Microsoft.Insights/webtests resource, add the following Terraform to your template.

resource "azapi_resource" "symbolicname" {
  type = "Microsoft.Insights/webtests@2020-10-05-preview"
  name = "string"
  location = "string"
  parent_id = "string"
  tags = {
    tagName1 = "tagValue1"
    tagName2 = "tagValue2"
  }
  body = jsonencode({
    properties = {
      Configuration = {
        WebTest = "string"
      }
      Description = "string"
      Enabled = bool
      Frequency = int
      Kind = "string"
      Locations = [
        {
          Id = "string"
        }
      ]
      Name = "string"
      Request = {
        FollowRedirects = bool
        Headers = [
          {
            key = "string"
            value = "string"
          }
        ]
        HttpVerb = "string"
        ParseDependentRequests = bool
        RequestBody = "string"
        RequestUrl = "string"
      }
      RetryEnabled = bool
      SyntheticMonitorId = "string"
      Timeout = int
      ValidationRules = {
        ContentValidation = {
          ContentMatch = "string"
          IgnoreCase = bool
          PassIfTextFound = bool
        }
        ExpectedHttpStatusCode = int
        IgnoreHttpsStatusCode = bool
        SSLCertRemainingLifetimeCheck = int
        SSLCheck = bool
      }
    }
    kind = "string"
  })
}

Property values

webtests

Name	Description	Value
type	The resource type	"Microsoft.Insights/webtests@2020-10-05-preview"
name	The resource name	string (required)
location	Resource location	string (required)
parent_id	To deploy to a resource group, use the ID of that resource group.	string (required)
tags	Resource tags	Dictionary of tag names and values.
kind	The kind of WebTest that this web test watches. Choices are ping and multistep.	"multistep" "ping"
properties	Metadata describing a web test for an Azure resource.	WebTestProperties

WebTestProperties

Name	Description	Value
Configuration	An XML configuration specification for a WebTest.	WebTestPropertiesConfiguration
Description	User defined description for this WebTest.	string
Enabled	Is the test actively being monitored.	bool
Frequency	Interval in seconds between test runs for this WebTest. Default value is 300.	int
Kind	The kind of web test this is, valid choices are ping, multistep, basic, and standard.	"basic" "multistep" "ping" "standard" (required)
Locations	A list of where to physically run the tests from to give global coverage for accessibility of your application.	WebTestGeolocation[] (required)
Name	User defined name if this WebTest.	string (required)
Request	The collection of request properties	WebTestPropertiesRequest
RetryEnabled	Allow for retries should this WebTest fail.	bool
SyntheticMonitorId	Unique ID of this WebTest. This is typically the same value as the Name field.	string (required)
Timeout	Seconds until this WebTest will timeout and fail. Default value is 30.	int
ValidationRules	The collection of validation rule properties	WebTestPropertiesValidationRules

WebTestPropertiesConfiguration

Name	Description	Value
WebTest	The XML specification of a WebTest to run against an application.	string

WebTestGeolocation

Name	Description	Value
Id	Location ID for the WebTest to run from.	string

WebTestPropertiesRequest

Name	Description	Value
FollowRedirects	Follow redirects for this web test.	bool
Headers	List of headers and their values to add to the WebTest call.	HeaderField[]
HttpVerb	Http verb to use for this web test.	string
ParseDependentRequests	Parse Dependent request for this WebTest.	bool
RequestBody	Base64 encoded string body to send with this web test.	string
RequestUrl	Url location to test.	string

HeaderField

Name	Description	Value
key	The name of the header.	string
value	The value of the header.	string

WebTestPropertiesValidationRules

Name	Description	Value
ContentValidation	The collection of content validation properties	WebTestPropertiesValidationRulesContentValidation
ExpectedHttpStatusCode	Validate that the WebTest returns the http status code provided.	int
IgnoreHttpsStatusCode	When set, validation will ignore the status code.	bool
SSLCertRemainingLifetimeCheck	A number of days to check still remain before the the existing SSL cert expires. Value must be positive and the SSLCheck must be set to true.	int
SSLCheck	Checks to see if the SSL cert is still valid.	bool

WebTestPropertiesValidationRulesContentValidation

Name	Description	Value
ContentMatch	Content to look for in the return of the WebTest. Must not be null or empty.	string
IgnoreCase	When set, this value makes the ContentMatch validation case insensitive.	bool
PassIfTextFound	When true, validation will pass if there is a match for the ContentMatch string. If false, validation will fail if there is a match	bool