Advanced Port Tests

Advanced Port Tests allow you to send a text string to a TCP port, and then check the response against an expected string (the return string does not have to be a perfect match, only a substring match).

Creating an Advanced Port Test

1. Navigate to Administration > Devices.
2. On the Manage Devices page, find the device for which you want to create a test, and then click Tests.
3. On the Manage Tests page, click Create New Advanced Tests.
4. On the Create Advanced Tests page, select the Advanced Port Test option. Fill in the test name, test Interval, warning and critical thresholds, and an action profile (optional). See the field descriptions in the table below.
5. Click Provision Tests.

Traverse connects to the target port specified, transmits the send string if one is specified and then performs a case-insensitive sub-string match for the expect string if one is specified. As an example, to monitor if the sshd TCP port is alive and responding:

• test Name: sshd service
• send string: (blank)
• expect string: SSH
• port: 22

If you just want to test connectivity to a TCP port, leave the expect string blank.

To note that it is also possible to send a multi-line string when setting up the above test by separating each line with \r\n (carriage return + line feed).

Determining if the TCP Port is Operating/Enabled

This can be accomplished by creating an advanced port test and not specifying any send/expect strings. For example, if you wish to monitor port 7000 on device my_device, navigate to Administration > Devices > Tests > Create New Advanced Tests and provide the following parameters:

• test name: (as you see fit)
• send string: (blank)
• expect string: (blank)
• port: 7000

Now Traverse will test to make sure that my_device is accepting incoming connections on port 7000 at the specified interval.