Get Internet Application Status

The Get Internet Application Status activity checks the availability of an internet application server. You can check the availability of a Web (HTTP), Email (SMTP), Email (POP3), FTP, DNS, or custom server. You can also configure a server so that it's available after a power outage or a restart.

Configuring the Get Internet Application Status Activity

Use the following information to configure the Get Internet Application Status activity.

Note

You can't set individual security credentials for this activity. It will run under the service account configured for the Runbook Service on the Runbook server where the instance of the activity is running. This account must have the authority to access the resources and perform the actions required by this activity.

General Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Name	Enter a descriptive name for the activity.
Description	Enter a detailed description of the actions of the activity.
Type	Select the Type that matches the server that you want to monitor. The options include the following: - Web (HTTP) - E-mail (SMTP) - E-mail (POP3) - FTP - DNS - Custom Configuration instructions for each Details tab Type are listed in the following tables.

Web (HTTP) Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
URL	Enter the URL that will be used to contact the web server.
Port	Select to specify a port to use to connect to the web server. The default port is 80.
Timeout	Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response from the web server. If the timeout expires without a response, the server will be considered unavailable.
Check that the page contains this string	Select and enter a string to search for when the page is retrieved from the web server. When this option is selected, the server is only considered available if the string can be found on the page that's specified by the URL.
Search is case sensitive	Select to make the string search case sensitive.

Email (SMTP) Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Computer	Enter the name of the computer where the SMTP server is located. You can also browse for the computer using the ellipsis (...) button.
Port	Select to specify a port to use to connect to the SMTP server. The default port is 25.
Timeout	Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response from the server. If the timeout expires without a response, the server will be considered unavailable.
Send test email	Select to send a test email using the SMTP server. When this option is selected, the server is only considered available if the email can be sent to the server.
To	Enter the address to send the email to.
From	Enter the address that the email is being sent from.

Email (POP3) Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Computer	Enter the name of the computer where the POP3 server is located. You can also browse for the computer using the ellipsis (...) button.
Port	Select to specify a port to use to connect to the POP3 server. The default port is 110.
Timeout	Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response from the server. If the timeout expires without a response, the server will be considered unavailable.
Test connection	Select to use a username and password to test the connection to the POP3 server. When this option is selected, the server is only considered available if the credentials are successfully used to sign in to the server.
Username	Enter the username to use to sign in to the POP3 server.
Password	Enter the password that is associated with the Username that you've specified.

FTP Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Computer	Enter the name of the computer where the FTP server is located. You can also browse for the computer using the ellipsis (...) button.
Port	Select to specify a port to use to connect to the FTP server. The default port is 21.
Timeout	Enter the number of seconds to wait for a response from the server. If the timeout expires without a response, the server will be considered unavailable.
Test connection	Select to use a username and password to test the connection to the FTP server. When this option is selected, the server is only considered available if the credentials are successfully used to sign in to the server.
Username	Enter the username to use to sign in to the FTP server.
Password	Enter the password that's associated with the Username that you've specified.

DNS Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Computer	Enter the name of the computer where the DNS server is located. You can also browse for the computer using the ellipsis (...) button. This field isn't required to test the availability of a DNS server.
Port	Use the default port of 53 to connect to the DNS server.
Port	Select to specify the port to use to connect to the DNS server.
Test DNS table IP address	Select to specify a computer name and the IP address that should be associated with that IP address. When this option is selected, the server is only considered available if the IP address is assigned to the computer that you specify.

Custom Details Tab

Settings	Configuration Instructions
Actions	Select Add or Insert to open the Action Properties dialog. Configure the rest of the settings described in this table. Tip: Select the Up or Down buttons to change the order of the actions. Select Remove to remove an action. Select Edit to edit an action.
Open port	Enter the port number and the computer where the Internet application resides.
Send data	Enter the data that you'll send to the Internet application. To specify a file that contains the data you want to send, select Send data from file.
Receive data	Select Publish as execution data and select the name of the variable where the received data will be saved. Select Save data, specify the File where you want to save the data received from the Internet application. Select the action you want to specify in the If the Destination File Exists box. You can select Create a file with a unique name, Append data to the existing file, or Overwrite the existing file.
Close port	You must configure the Open port action before you can select this action.

You can use a sequence of actions to test a custom Internet application that isn't part of the predefined list. You can perform actions such as opening and closing a port and communicating with the Internet application by sending and receiving information.

Published Data

The following table lists the published data items.

Item	Description
Computer	The name of the computer where the Internet application resides.
Port	The port used to communicate with the Internet application.
Protocol	The protocol of the Internet application. For example, HTTP or FTP.
Server Greeting	The greeting message received from the Internet application. This published data is only available in FTP, Email (POP3), and Email (SMTP).
Web page	The HTML of the web page that was retrieved when in Web (HTTP) mode.
Receive variable 1	The first variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 2	The second variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 3	The third variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 4	The fourth variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 5	The fifth variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 6	The sixth variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 7	The seventh variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 8	The eighth variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 9	The ninth variable retrieved when in Custom mode.
Receive variable 10	The tenth variable retrieved when in Custom mode.