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.

TACACS+ User Experience Monitor

This template tests user authentication through the TACACS+ protocol.

Prerequisites

A server with TACACS+ authentication. You must know the secret shared key.

Credentials

A valid TACACS+ username and password.

Component monitors

Click here for an overview about SAM application monitor templates and component monitors. SAM API Poller templates are also available.

TACACS+ User Experience Monitor

This component monitor uses synthetic transactions to test user authentication through the TACACS+ protocol. The synthetic transaction does the following:

  1. Connect to server.
  2. Send TACACS+ credential and shared secret.
  3. Validate response.
  4. Measure response time.