I have a WCF service that I would like to monitor using ServersAlive. I would like to be able to check that the service is available from a connection perspective but also be able to cal开发者_StackOverflow中文版l a method on the service to check the purpose of the service is working.

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How hard that is probably depends on the binding you're using. From ServersAlive:

Web Services - Verify the status and content of your web servers (HTTP, HTTPS, MMS, and RTSP). And this by retrieving a page (HTTP(S) GET) or by posting data (HTTP(S) POST). Using a proxy? Not a problem we can handle that. Your webpage is protected with a password (HTTP basic or NTLM authentication)? Again not a problem, we also support that. Servers Alive can also check the validity of your SSL web certificates.

If you're using something simple like wsHTTP, you're probably ready to go out of the box. However, if you're doing something a more that actually requires the WCF stack, you'll probably have to write some custom code:

Write your own check - You also have the ability to write custom software to do your own checks through Servers Alive. We already have several examples including:

* Virtual machine check in VMWare Server/ESX/GSX
* Mailflow
* IPv6 ping
* *nix diskspace
* *nix processes
* NT eventlog
* Lotus Domino
* and more on this [page][2]