Catchpoint's standalone SSL monitor checks the validity of the certificate on a given host and port, performs certificate and public key pinning with a single certificate, and alerts on various metrics, including the number of days until the certificate expires.
SSL Test Properties | |
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| Name | A name used to identify this test. |
| Description | Optional additional information about the test |
| Test Location | The URL of the domain to be tested. (ssl://www.domain.com:443) |
| Pinning |
If either option is enabled, you must upload a certificate and input a Passphrase to be pinned. |
| Location | The Product/Folder location of this test (read only) |
| Status | Determines whether this test is current Active or Inactive |
Supported Metrics | |
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| # Runs | Total number of test runs for the defined time period. |
| # Test Errors | The total number of test runs that failed. This is the sum of all of the following types of test failures:
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| # Test Failures | The total number of elements that Catchpoint was unable to connect to, receive a response from, or load on the page. |
| % Availability | The percentage of test runs where the primary URL server was reached and the test was completed (i.e. there was not a Test Error.) Availability is calculated as: (# Test Runs - # Test Errors) / # Test Runs |
| % Frustrated | The percentage of test runs that exceeded the Apdex “frustrated” threshold. |
| % Not Frustrated | The percentage of test runs that completed in less time than the Apdex “frustrated” threshold. This is equivalent to: % Satisfied + % Tolerating |
| % Satisfied | The percentage of test runs that completed in less time than the Apdex “Satisfied” threshold. |
| % Tolerating | The percentage of test runs that exceeded the Apdex “Satisfied” threshold but completed in less time than the “Frustrated” threshold. |
| Apdex | A scoring mechanism that translates performance metrics of diverse applications into generic “User Satisfaction” levels using predefined response time thresholds. You can use default Apdex thresholds or configure your own on a per basis. For more details about Apdex, visit http://www.apdex.org/ |
| Connect (ms) | The time it took to establish a TCP connection with the server. |
| Days To Expiration | The number of days remaining until the ssl Certificate will expire. |
| DNS (ms) | The time it took to resolve the domain name to an IP address. |
| Experience Score | A composite metric that captures the overall experience of a user on a scale of 0-100. |
| Handshake (ms) | The time it took to complete the ssl handshake with the server. |
| Signal Quality | Measures the quality of the WLAN connection in terms of data transfer speed. It indicates what percent of the available network are you using to move data (upload / download). 99% is as good as it gets in terms of signal quality. |
| Signal Strength (dBm) | This number represents the power the clients device is receiving from the Access Point / Wi-Fi router. A number of -30 dBm indicates excellent while a number of -70dBm indicates very poor signal strength. |
| Test Time (ms) | One cohesive metric that applies to all test types and indicates the total duration of the test run. Test Time is equivalent to Response, Test Response (Transaction and web tests) and ping RTT (Trace Route tests), and is used when calculating Apdex. Test Time is not available for Request, Host, or Zone charting. |