HTTP Check

This feature is available as an add-on for the Honeycomb Enterprise plan. Please contact your Honeycomb account team for details.

Supported Platforms

HTP Agent: v1.40.0+

Platform	Metrics	Logs	Traces
Linux	✓
Windows	✓
macOS	✓

Configuration

Field	Description
Hostname	Specifies the hostname or IP address of the endpoint you want to check.
HTTP Port	Specifies what port to listen on.
Path	Specifies a path on the URL to perform the check on.
Method	Option to configure the HTTP request method to use on the check.
Headers	Option to configure the HTTP request headers to be used on the check.
Enable TLS	Option to configure the receiver’s HTTP server to use TLS.
Mutual TLS	Option to enable TLS mutual authentication.
Skip TlS Certificate Verification	Option to skip TLS certificate verification.
Mutual TLS	Option to enable TLS mutual authentication.
TLS Certificate Authority File	Local path to the TLS certificate authority file.
TLS Client Certificate File	Local path to the TLS cert file.
TLS Client Private Key File	Local path to the TLS key file.
Initial Delay	Specifies how long the source should wait (seconds) before conducting the check.
Collection Interval	Specifies how often (seconds) to scrape for metrics.

Example Configuration

Basic Configuration

For basic configuration, only the hostname and port parameters are needed.

Web Interface

Honeycomb Docs - HTTP Check Source - image 1

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Standalone Source

YAML

apiVersion: bindplane.observiq.com/v1
kind: Source
metadata:
  id: http
  name: http
spec:
  type: http
  parameters:
    - name: hostname
      value: 'localhost'
    - name: port
      value: '8080'
    - name: path
      value: 'metrics'
    - name: method
      value: 'GET'
    - name: enable_tls
      value: 'false'
    - name: initial_delay
      value: '1'
    - name: collection_interval
      value: '60'

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Standalone Source

​Supported Platforms

​Configuration

​Example Configuration

​Basic Configuration

​Web Interface

​Standalone Source

Supported Platforms

Configuration

Example Configuration

Basic Configuration

Web Interface

Standalone Source