URL application definitions

NetProfiler can track and report traffic based on URLs. On the Definitions > Applications page URL tab you can define a custom application as traffic using any of up to ten URLs.

The URL tab of the Definitions > Applications page enables you to:

  • Search and display the list of applications defined by one or more URLs.

  • Add a new URL-based application definition.

  • View or Edit a URL-based application definition.

  • Copy a URL-based application definition to use as the basis for defining a new one.

  • Enable or disable tracking of traffic matching a URL-based application definition.

Versions prior to 10.9.5 supported the use of URLs to define custom Layer 7 applications. When the product is updated to version 10.9.5 or later, previous URL-based Layer 7 definitions are listed on the URL tab.

Searching for a URL-based application definition

URL-based application definitions are listed in the URL Applications section of the Definitions > Application page URL tab.

To search for a URL-based application definition

  1. Go to the Definitions > Application page URL tab.

  2. In the URL Applications section, enter the name of the application you want to search for.

  3. Choose Apply. If the application is recognized, it will be listed in the URL Applications section.

  4. In the Actions column of the URL Applications section, choose the action you want to perform.

Creating a new URL-based application definition

There are two ways to open the "New URL Application" section of the Definitions > Application page URL tab:

  • Choose New in the URL Applications section.

  • Locate an existing definition that is similar to the one you want to create. In the entry for the similar definition, choose Copy in the Actions column. This opens the "New URL Application" section with the fields already containing the values of the definition you copied. You can change the name and modify the definition to create a new definition.

To create a new URL-based application definition

  1. Go to the Definitions > Application page URL tab.

  2. In the title bar of the URL Applications section, click New. This expands the page to display a section for specifying a new definition.

  3. Enter the name for the new application as you want it to appear on reports and in the applications list. This can be up to 25 alphanumeric characters, periods and underscores.

  4. Enter a URL in http format, such as http://www.riverbed.com or http://www.riverbed.com/solutions. You can use an asterisk as a wildcard at the beginning or end of a URL. For example,

http://*.foo.com/

http://www.foo.com/bar*

http://*.foo.com/bar*

  1. If you want to define more than one URL for the application, choose the "Add new signature" link display additional fields for specifying URLs. One application definition can include up to 10 URLs.

  2. Select or deselect Enabled to enable or disable URL-based tracking and reporting of the application.

  3. Click OK to add the definition to the applications list.

If you specify multiple URLs, the traffic needs to match only one. The relationship among the definitions is OR (and not AND).

If more than one URL matches, the most specific URL that matches is used. For example, assume you define:

http://intranet.domain.com

http://intranet.domain.com/app1

The second definition is more specific than the first and therefore it takes precedence over the first.

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