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+title: "HTTP endpoint monitoring with Netdata"
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/httpcheck/README.md
+sidebar_label: "HTTP endpoints"
+-->
+
+# HTTP endpoint monitoring with Netdata
+
+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
+
+Edit the `python.d/httpcheck.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config
+directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`.
+
+```bash
+cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different
+sudo ./edit-config python.d/httpcheck.conf
+```
+
+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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