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Create TCP Testing Tasks

TCP Testing is used to monitor the TCP connection of host ports, ensuring the availability of critical services such as SSH (22), SMTP (25), DNS (53), VPN over HTTPS (443), and other custom ports. Through response time data, you can track the performance of network applications and discover all gateways on the path to the target host using the route tracking feature.

Start Creating

Click Create > API Tests, and select TCP Protocol.

1. Define Request Format

  1. Host: Supports entering host addresses and ports. The host address can be a domain name (e.g., www.example.com) or an IP address (e.g., 192.168.0.1), with the port defaulting to 443.
  2. Name: Customize the name of the TCP testing task, which must be unique within the current workspace.
  3. Route Tracking: Enabling this will start the route tracking probe (traceroute) to discover all gateways on the path to the target host.

2. Availability Check

You can add check conditions based on filter criteria to match data. When selecting multiple check conditions, you can define the logical relationship as AND or OR using "All" or "Any".

After defining the request format and adding check conditions, click the Test button next to the URL to verify if the testing connection configuration is successful and return the route tracking result (if relevant conditions are configured).

Note
  • If "Network Hops" is selected as a check condition, the system will return route tracking data, similar to enabling the Traceroute function.
  • The test result is independent of the selected testing node.

3. Select Testing Nodes

Currently, Guance has covered 14 testing nodes globally. You can select one or more nodes in China or overseas regions (only for Commercial Plan and above users) to quickly start monitoring site service quality.

4. Select Testing Frequency

Choose the execution frequency of the testing task, with the following options supported:

  • 1 minute (only for Commercial Plan and above users)
  • 5 minutes (only for Commercial Plan and above users)
  • 15 minutes (only for Commercial Plan and above users)
  • 30 minutes
  • 1 hour
  • 6 hours
  • 12 hours
  • 24 hours

In addition to the specific options provided by the system, you can also input Custom Crontab Tasks to configure scheduled task execution based on minutes, hours, days, months, weeks, etc.

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