The Actions tab is used to perform specific system actions on a Web Monitor site failure event. A failure occurs when:

• The HTTP request fails completely (server error or unrecognized response)
  
• The HTTP request times out
  
• The HTTP request returns an invalid response string that can't be matched to the search string
  

Note that actions fire only on failures, not when a site comes back up.

The Actions tab lets you configure two applications or URLs in response to a failure, one for the first failure, one for the second.

The idea behind this concept is that the first failure can try a 'regular' reset of the monitored site or application, while the second reset if it still fails can be a hard reset. For example, on my site the Web application has support for resetting the application internally through an internal link, which causes the backend app to restart itself completely. This will work fine if the backend app is hung, but not if the server is completely dead. If a second failure occurs, the Web Server itself is reset.

See also

Web Monitor Site Info Form