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+# httpcheck
+
+Module monitors remote http server for availability and response time.
+
+Following charts are drawn per job:
+
+1. **Response time** ms
+ * Time in 0.1 ms resolution in which the server responds.
+ If the connection failed, the value is missing.
+
+2. **Status** boolean
+ * Connection successful
+ * Unexpected content: No Regex match found in the response
+ * Unexpected status code: Do we get 500 errors?
+ * Connection failed: port not listening or blocked
+ * Connection timed out: host or port unreachable
+
+### configuration
+
+Sample configuration and their default values.
+
+```yaml
+server:
+ url: 'http://host:port/path' # required
+ status_accepted: # optional
+ - 200
+ timeout: 1 # optional, supports decimals (e.g. 0.2)
+ update_every: 3 # optional
+ regex: 'REGULAR_EXPRESSION' # optional, see https://docs.python.org/3/howto/regex.html
+ redirect: yes # optional
+```
+
+### notes
+
+ * The status chart is primarily intended for alarms, badges or for access via API.
+ * A system/service/firewall might block netdata's access if a portscan or
+ similar is detected.
+ * This plugin is meant for simple use cases. Currently, the accuracy of the
+ response time is low and should be used as reference only.
+
+---
+
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