How to monitor WSDL and SOAP

[rayj]

I need monitor and trace WSDL interface and WSDL change monitor and SOAP monitor. I don't know how to config it or download which plug-in can do it. Is anybody know about it can tell me. Thanks a lot


Ray

[slansing]

Both of those are quite broad, what specifically are you trying to monitor? There are a few plugins for pulling data from a SOAP API for instance. And one community member is writing a tutorial on it as well which might be of some interest:

http://roshamboot.org/main/?p=140

[rayj]

Thanks, But They are write a lot of XML code. I don't know how to use it in Nagios. Could you show me more detail?

[abrist]

As Sam had mentioned, this request is quite broad. What type of information are specifically trying to monitor?

[rayj]

Are you mean write code in withe board. After that how can I use it? I want to monitor WSDL code and content change and give me alert. That.

[scottwilkerson]

Is the WSDL on a public URL? you should be able to use the Website URL wizard

[rayj]

Yes, I use website URL wizard. But it can't monitor WSDL content change. I want to monitor WSDL change. thanks.

[slansing]

Can you explain how you have tried to set this up with the wizard? It looks like currently nobody has shared their implementation of this type of monitoring. Though be assured if someone were to share their process for monitoring WSDL it would pop up on the exchange site at:

http://www.exchange.nagios.com/

[rayj]

Could I explain my requirement more detail. right now I set Nagios web-transaction wizard for monitor my local webservice status. It is working well. But it just only can monitor the service status. But I want to know， not only just service status. I want to monitor and analysis WSDL and SOAP content change. When subscriber or subscription contact with my local web service. And Web service response to subscriber or subscription. During in them communication, maybe WSDL or SOAP content change can make web content error. But can't cause the service problem. SO the service status is good. I can't find any problem from service status. But the WSDL and SOAP content is changed cause webpage error. So I need monitor the change of the WSDL and SOAP package content. Do you have some good idea for do that. Many Thanks.

Ray

[slansing]

Is there a specific string you can monitor which would change if the WSDL content is broken? You would more than likely need to meet the Nagios XI side check half way with the WSDL/SOAP content, as there are no plugins already created which do this. Of course, you can always write your own as well.