Monitoring PageSeeder
Unless prevented by firewall or other network security, the dbmonitor URL is publicly accessible on any PageSeeder server. Receiving the standard response doesn’t mean the system is free from problems, but not getting it guarantees problems exist. This is a health check to determine whether the most basic aspect of the system is functioning.
The content of the dbmonitor response is as follows:
<monitor message="Connected to database and accessed a group OK"/>
Getting this response signals that PageSeeder’s key infrastructure components (servlet container, web server and database) are alive and communicating.
To access the dbmonitor on PageSeeder version 6 and higher:
http://[server]/ps/api/dbmonitor
Before version 6:
http://[server]/ps/servlet/com.pageseeder.DBMonitor
e.g. https://eval.pageseeder.com/ps/api/dbmonitor
This URL will work with the IP address instead of the server name. Getting a result from the IP address could mean problems with the DNS records, SSL certificates or firewall rules.
https://[internal_network_IP]/ps/api/dbmonitor
https://[public_IP address]/ps/api/dbmonitor
If you are not sure about the general setup of your PageSeeder server, verify it with an external testing service like one of the following: