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Monitor

The Monitor page is accessed from Server Setup | Monitor.

From this page, you can define the different settings for configuring the Zend Monitor component.

This component is used to capture PHP eventsEvents are a result of the monitoring component checking your system and collecting information about a specific occurrence that indicates that your environment is displaying uncharacteristic behavior. when they happen and to alert developers and system administrators. This can be done by using the events predefined in the Administration Interface or by using the API.

The Monitor page is a settings definition page for the Monitor component that provides event-based PHP monitoring.

Zend Studio Client Settings

Settings for using the integration with Zend Studio, to debug, profile and view event source code.

Automatically Detect Zend Studio Settings - On
Automatically Detect Zend Studio Settings - Off:
When you click to turn 'auto-detect' off, the following additional fields will be displayed. Enter the correct information to enable integration with Zend Studio.

Zend Studio IP address - Manually configure the IP address according to the settings in Zend Studio or use Auto Detect.
Use Browser IP Address check-box - Automatically selects the Browser's IP Address.
Zend Studio debug port - Manually configure the port according to the settings in Zend Studio or use Auto Detect.
Encrypt communication using SSL check-box - increase the security protocol for communication.

Note:

Manual configuration settings should be based on the IP and port configured in Zend Studio's Installed Debuggers preferences page. The preferences page is accessed from Window | Preferences | PHP | Debug | Installed Debuggers. (Click 'Configure' to view and change the preferences).
The default port number is 20080.

Mail Server Settings

Define the action settings for rules that use the action 'Send Mail'. The Send Mail action sends an email that includes the event details and a link back to the Zend Server for IBMi Administration Interface to the address(es) listed in the event rule.

If you do not plan to send email notifications for events, you do not need to configure these settings.

SMTP server address - The server used to send mail.
SMTP server port - The port used to send mail.
Sender's email address - The email address that is displayed in the 'From' details of each message.
Administration Interface URL - Use the valid Zend Server for IBMi address, includes protocol (http or https), Server, and Port settings. The URL is included as a link in the event email.
Monitor Rules Default Emails - A comma separated list of addresses. All emails sent by the monitoring module will be sent to these addresses unless a different address is specified inside a monitoring rule (in Rule Management | Monitor).

Note:

If you disable the email sending setting (in Rule Management | Monitoring by selecting the rule and changing the status), when the setting is reactivated all the email addresses will be lost and the email setting will be set to the default email address.

Zend Monitor Periodic Cleanup Settings

Define which events will be deleted in Zend Server for IBMi's cleanup process, which is run every 24 hours to delete old events.

Note:

Any event that meets either of the below options will be deleted during the cleanup process.

Delete any event which did not occur in the last x days - Define how long (in days) must have gone by since the event occurred for it to be deleted during the cleanup process. This applies to any event.
Delete closed events older than x days - Define how old (in days) an event must be to be deleted during the cleanup process. This applies to closed events only.

Code Tracing Settings

Activation options for running a code trace.

Active - Code tracing is available for events.
Zend Code Tracing will collect trace information in Events that are defined for collecting trace information
Inactive - Code tracing is not available for events.
Zend Code Tracing is running but no new trace data will be collected even when a new event is triggered. The Manual Trace URL option (Monitor | Code Tracing) will remain active.
Standby - Tracing is not available for events, but an event can temporarily activate tracing.
The Zend Code Tracing will run in sleep mode and when an event defined to collect trace info is triggered, Code tracing will be active for a set period of time (as defined in the Monitor Rule).