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Charlie Arehart

Charlie Arehart

www.carehart.org

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. An enterprise dashboard with the Multiserver Monitor
  3. Some possible challenges using the Multiserver monitor
  4. Programmatic Monitoring with the Admin API
  5. Tweaking the Monitor in the Settings section
  6. Miscellaneous aspects of the Monitor
Created:
21 January 2008
User Level:
Beginner
Products:
ColdFusion

ColdFusion 8 server monitoring – Part 4: Multiserver Monitor, Admin API monitoring, and more

The first three parts of this four-part series introduced charts and graphs in the Adobe Coldfusion 8 Server Monitor, as well as using the monitor to abort troublesome requests (Part 1 and Part 2). Part 3 introduced the alerts and snapshots features.

In this fourth and final part, I'll introduce you to the Multiserver Monitor, which is key if you need to manage more than one server. I'll also get you started using the monitoring aspects of the ColdFusion Administrative API (enabling you to access all the monitoring data programmatically). Finally, I'll review Monitor configuration settings (including how better to monitor requests for frameworks or other front controllers where all requests go through a single index.cfm) and various miscellaneous aspects of the monitor.

Check out the other parts of the ColdFusion 8 server monitoring series:

Requirements

To make the most of this article, you will need the following software:

ColdFusion 8 Enterprise (or Developer)

Prerequisites:

Readers should have some experience with coding or managing a ColdFusion server. Also check out the other parts of the ColdFusion 8 server monitoring series:

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About the author

A veteran ColdFusion developer and troubleshooter since 1997, Charlie Arehart is a longtime contributor to the community and a recognized Adobe Community Expert. He is now an independent consultant providing troubleshooting/tuning assistance and training/mentoring for ColdFusion teams of all sizes and experience levels. A certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer and Instructor for ColdFusion versions 4 to 8, he also runs the Online ColdFusion Meetup Group, an online ColdFusion user group, and is a contributor to each of the 3-volume series ColdFusion 8 Web Application Construction Kit (CF8 WACK) by Ben Forta. A member of the Adobe Customer Advisory Board for ColdFusion and with over 26 years in IT, he's frequently invited to speak to developer conferences and user groups worldwide.