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{{deprecated}}Before this tutorial, please make sure there are no security issues with trusted nodes.<br>
https://wiki.netxms.org/wiki/SG:Security_Issues
Fast solution:<br>
Set "CheckTrustedNodes" to 0 in Server Configuration, and restart the server
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First we check if the website answers to ping.<br>
First we check if the website answers to ping.<br>
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We should see our node properly created with "Unknown" status.<br>
We should see our node properly created with "Unknown" status.<br>


Special note: in NetXMS 2.0.4 and older, there was a bug that would create a node down alarms.<br>
Special note: in NetXMS 2.0.4 and older, there was a bug that would create a node down alarm.<br>
Please terminate this alarm before proceeding further in the tutorial if running a version older than 2.0.5 (or 2.1).
Please terminate this alarm on this node before proceeding further in the tutorial if running a version older than 2.0.5 (or 2.1).


[[File:Website-monitoring-tutorial-3.PNG]]
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This is because we disabled all polling sources, so NetXMS doesnt have any way to check if a node is up or down.<br>
This is because we disabled all polling sources, so NetXMS doesnt have any way to check if a node is up or down.<br>
We will fix this later on in the tutorial.
We will fix this later on in the tutorial.
Please note that if the node responded to ping (and therefor we would NOT disable usage of ICMP for status polling), the node's status would be Normal.




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We now just need to fix status calculation for the node.
We now just need to fix status calculation for the node.
If the node does respond to ping (as mentioned previously), we are finished.




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Please note that as mentioned previously, if the nodes does respond to ping (and therefore node status calculation from its Status poll based on ICMP works fine), the following steps are NOT required.
We will create another DCI, this one will be used to check just if the website is up or down.<br>
We will create another DCI, this one will be used to check just if the website is up or down.<br>