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Transactions are created in the Web Console. Every transaction requires: l a recording, created using the Transaction Recorder and saved on the

WPM server

l a Transaction Player that is installed on a computer

Good Playback Locations

Web Performance Monitoring is used to get an accurate sampling of your web sites and services from the viewpoint of your users/customers. You should place WPM players in the same geographical locations as the majority of your users in order to get data that is truly representative.

Possible locations include:

l A server in a co-location hosting service l A workstation in a satellite office

l A virtual machine hosted by a cloud computing service

Cloud Portals

WPM enables you to monitor transactions from locations around the world using a VM cloud instance. If you do not have your own infrastructure, consider renting servers from co-location hosts and or virtual machines from cloud computing services.

For help on using Amazon Cloud Services to host a player, see the SolarWinds Knowledgebase article:Using Amazon Cloud Services as a Playback Location.

Creating a Transaction

Selecting a recording and assigning it to a location:

1. Log into the Web Console. 2. Click theWebtab.

3. ClickWPM Settings.

4. ClickAdd a Transaction Monitor.

5. Select theRecording Namefor the recording you want to monitor, and then clickNext.

l If you need to import the recording you want to monitor, clickImport, browse to the file, and clickImport.Then select and clickNext.

6. Select theLocation Namefor the location where you want this recording to be played, and then clickNext.

l If you need to add a location, seeAdding a Location.

When you have selected a recording and assigned it to a location, you can define the properties for the transaction.

Defining properties:

1. Enter aDescriptionfor the transaction.

2. Select thePlayback intervalto specify how frequently you want this transaction to be played.

3. Select theThresholdsfor each step in the transaction. For more information, seeThresholds

4. To use a Proxy URL, clickAdvanced, and enter the proxy server address in theProxy URLfield. A proxy server acts as an intermediary for requests from clients. A proxy server passes requests and responses to the client application. For more information, seeWhat is a proxy?

5. To enable screenshot capturing, clickAdvanced, and checkEnabled. 6. ClickNext.

Transaction status troubleshooting:

1. Advanced users can select theImprove transaction troubleshooting by associating nodes or applications to this web transaction, and add nodes and applications for transactions and steps. For further information, see Transactions and Dependencies.

2. ClickSave Monitor.

3. The transaction is now added to the Transaction Monitor list.

4. You can play the monitor immediately by selecting its checkbox and clicking

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Adding a Location

Locations are simply places on the web where you can install the WPM player. They need to be registered with the WPM server. Location information is

displayed in the resources on the WPM Location view, particularly the Location Details resource.

To add a location:

1. From the Add Transaction - Location page, clickAdd Location.

2. Select the method of adding the location. You can add the location on your network, on the cloud, or use an existing location.

Adding a location on your network:

1. SelectInstall location on my networkand clickNext. 2. Either:

l Enter theIP Address or Hostnameof the location, clickAdd to List. Or:

l Select a location from the list of existing nodes.

Note: You can select multiple locations if required. 3. ClickNext.

4. Either:

l SelectUse default settings, and enter aPlayer Nameif you do not want it to be the same as theLocation Name.

Or:

l SelectUse advanced settings, and enter aPlayer Name,Player

Portnumber, andPlayer Password, as required. 5. ClickNext.

6. The location is shown with default credential. Here you have the option to: l ClickAssign Credentials, to open the Assign Credential window

where you can choose an alternative credential, or click<New Credential>to set up a new credential.

7. ClickDeploy Player, to use the selected credential.

8. The location is added to the list of locations. Select the location and click

Next. TheDefining properties:tab of the Add Transaction page is displayed.

Adding a location on the cloud:

1. SelectAdd a location in the cloud, and clickNext.

2. Select the appropriate vendor from the list displayed, and then clickNext. 3. Enter theAccess keyandSecret keyfor the cloud account.

4. Supply the information requested on the screen until the location is added. Since this depends upon the Cloud provider, you should refer to the help provided by the vendor.

For help on using Amazon Cloud Services to host a player, see the SolarWinds Knowledgebase article:Using Amazon Cloud Services as a Playback Location.

5. Once the location has been added to the list of locations, you can select it and clickNext. TheDefining properties:tab of the Add Transaction page is displayed.

Using an existing location:

1. SelectAdd an existing location, and clickNext.

2. Enter a name for the player in theName for player at this locationfield. 3. To use server initiated communication, where the server-initiated player

is passive and waits for requests from the WPM server on a specified port: a. SelectServer initiated communication, and enter theIP Address or

hostname where the player is located.

b. ClickAdvancedif you need to add aPlayer Password, want to change thePlayer portfrom the default of 17781, and/orUse proxy.

4. To use player initiated communication, which allows the player to actively initiate communication with the WPM server on port 17782:

a. SelectPlayer initiated communication, and select thePlayerfrom the dropdown.

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b. ClickAdvanced,if you want to assign this player to a poller.

Note:Firewall/NAT configuration is simplified because the player actively connects to the poller server using a HTTP(S) protocol. MSPs and larger distributed deployments may prefer this option.

5. ClickSubmit.

6. Once the location has been added to the list of locations, you can select it and clickNext. TheDefining properties:tab of the Add Transaction page is displayed.