Documentation forSolarWinds Observability SaaS

Synthetic private probe

What is a private probe?

Use SolarWinds Observability Digital Experience private probes to monitor your internally and externally hosted website or URI entities. Private probes are deployed as a single docker image that can be deployed in a container environment.

The Digital Experience private probe connects to SolarWinds Observability through the Synthetics Collector service which acts as an API Gateway for private probes. The service provides gRPC endpoints for probe auto registration, polling schedules, sending results, and status updates.

The Synthetic collector is publicly reachable from the internet so that private probes can be deployed outside of the SolarWinds Observability infrastructure. Private probes are authenticated in SolarWinds Observability by using the API Token of type Ingestion.

To Deploy your private probe, you must complete the following.

  • Review the System Requirements to ensure your system meets the required standards.

  • Create a new ingestion token in SolarWinds Observability and configure it in the private probe.

  • Configure the private probe with the service URL that corresponds to the data cell of the SolarWinds Observability organization. The connection with SolarWinds Observability is encrypted and minimum TLS 1.2 is required.

How does the Private Probe run?

The Private Probe can be run in one of two ways, as a docker container or through Kubernetes.

  • Docker – a single container on a host or in a simple container environment.

  • Kubernetes – a Deployment, DaemonSet, or sidecar within your Kubernetes cluster.

Confirm your system requirements

Before you add a Private Probe in your environment, review the system requirements to make sure you have the base resources that are required for connectivity.

Manage your private probe through Docker

SolarWinds recommends adding a Private Probe through Docker if you're not familiar with Kubernetes. See the topics below for information about adding, updating, or deleting your private probe on Docker.

Add your private probe

Add a private probe through Docker.

Update your private probe

Update your private probe in Docker.

Delete your private probe

Delete your private probe in Docker.

Manage your private probe through Kubernetes

See the topics below for information about adding, updating, or deleting your private probe in Kubernetes.

Add your private probe

Add a private probe through Kubernetes.

Update your private probe

Update your private probe in Kubernetes.

Delete your private probe

Delete your private probe in Kubernetes.