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Feature #707

Support per-input proxy servers

Added by Luke Murphey over 10 years ago. Updated over 10 years ago.

Status:
Closed
Priority:
Normal
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Target version:
Start date:
03/18/2014
Due date:
% Done:

100%


Description

Some users want to use the app to test web proxy performance and therefore want to specify a proxy per input.

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#1 Updated by Luke Murphey over 10 years ago

  • Target version set to 1.0

#2 Updated by Luke Murphey over 10 years ago

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature

#3 Updated by Luke Murphey over 10 years ago

I can think of several ways to support this:

1. Allow a proxy to be defined in inputs.conf

Pros:
  • easy to see association between proxy configuration and input
Cons:
  • allows proxy settings to be set in two places

2. Allow proxies to be defined in website_monitoring.conf where the stanza name would need to match the associated input stanza

Pros:
  • simplest to implement
Cons:
  • would need to repeat proxy settings for multiple inputs if multiple inputs share the same proxy

3. Allow proxies to be defined in website_monitoring.conf where the stanza name would need to be associated with the input

Pros:
  • proxy configurations are in the same place
  • easy to use the same proxy server without having repeat entries

#4 Updated by Luke Murphey over 10 years ago

I'm leaning towards option 3. It would work like this:

You would set your proxy servers as stanzas in website_monitoring.conf:

[proxy_california]
proxy_server=ca.proxy.acme.com
proxy_port=8080
proxy_type=http

[proxy_illinois]
proxy_server=il.proxy.acme.com
proxy_port=8080
proxy_type=http

Then you would associate the proxy servers with the input:

[web_ping://ca_proxy]
interval = 15s
title = SomeWebsite
url = http://SomeWebsite.com
configuration=proxy_california

[web_ping://no_proxy]
interval = 15s
title = SomeWebsite
url = http://SomeWebsite.net
configuration=proxy_illinois

#6 Updated by Luke Murphey over 10 years ago

  • Status changed from New to Closed
  • % Done changed from 0 to 100

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