Documentation forServer & Application Monitor
Monitoring your applications and environment is a key capability of SolarWinds Observability Self-Hosted (formerly Hybrid Cloud Observability) and is available in the Essentials edition. Server & Application Monitor (SAM) is also available in a standalone module.

SAM Application Monitor Template Reference

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This reference provides details about predefined application monitor templates and component monitors included in SolarWinds SAM that you can use to monitor elements in your environment, such as servers, applications, processes, services, events, databases, and storage.

Need to get started quickly? Watch this video, and then assign a template to a node to create an individual application monitor on that node.
  1. Click Settings > All Settings > SAM Settings, and then click Manage Templates.
  2. On the Manage Application Monitor templates page, select a template and click Assign to Node.
  3. On the Create Assigned Application Monitor page, select a node and click Next.
  4. Provide credential details, and then test for component results.
  5. Click Assign Application Monitors.

When working with templates, note the following details:

Display a list of out-of-the-box SAM templates

To display a list of predefined application monitor templates in the SolarWinds Platform Web Console:

  1. Click Settings > All Settings.
  2. Under Product Specific Settings, click SAM Settings.
  3. Click Manage Templates to open the Manage Application Monitor Templates page.

    To find specific templates, click a filter tag such as Azure, or enter text in the Search field.

SAM application monitor templates are organized in the following categories:

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