url_response - Monitoring SSO authentication enabled URLs

Products

• DX Unified Infrastructure Management (Nimsoft / UIM)

Issue/Introduction

This knowledge base article documents a frequently asked question:

"Is it possible to monitor URLs which use SSO authentication using the url_response probe?"

Environment

Component : UIM - URL_RESPONSE

Resolution

Unfortunately, the url_response probe does not support SSO operations. 

• It can support basic authentication or windows authentication.
• It can not do forms authentication or SSO operations that require a redirect.

Potential workaround - Use the E2E probe: 

e2e_appmon (E2E Application Response Monitoring) 

e2e_appmon (E2E Application Response Monitoring) Release Notes

e2e_appmon IM Configuration

Additional Information

There is now fields in MCS for url_response probe for SAML/SSO. This is not used for redirects, it is used for monitoring the SAML/SSO certificates for expiration and other SAML/SSO monitoring.