Commands for monitoring Rational Focal Point

You can check the status of the IBM® Rational® Focal Point™ application from a web browser by specifying the commands in the URL field. Before you can monitor the application, you must enable the ping servlet option. For information about enabling the ping servlet option, see “Enabling access to the ping servlet.”
Restriction: The ping servlet security feature is enabled for version 6.5.1 and later of Rational Focal Point.
You can monitor the status by using the commands that are in the following table:
Table 1. Commands to monitor the status of the application
Command Reply
http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=ping
Note: By default, the port number is 8080.
  • Pong: The applications and the database are active and running.
  • Dead or no response: A problem exists.

http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=stats

http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=htmlstats

An XML or and HTML file is shown that describes the application state.
http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=version The application version is displayed.
http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=log&mode=text&filename=fp.YYYY-MM-DD.log The log file that is generated on the specified date is displayed.

If you specify the mode as text, the log is displayed in a text format. To download the file, specify the mode as gz.

To access the SystemOut.log file, specify the details in the following format: server name/SystemOut.log
IBM WebSphere Application Server: Ensure that the fp-logging.properties file is configured with the correct location for logs.
http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=threaddump The thread dumps are displayed.
http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=threads Information about the threads is displayed.
http://host name:port number/fp/servlet/Ping?cmd=properties System information is displayed.

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