Create a network test

Create a network test (step by step)

VerOps supports HTTP and lower-level checks (PING/TCP/DNS) with rich TLS detail. Use the wizard at Network → Tests → Create Test (/network/tests/create).

1. Pick a Test Type: HTTP, DNS, or a reachability check (ping/TCP).
2. Enter the target (URL or host) and, for HTTP, the method/headers/body.
3. Set Authentication if needed — Bearer token, or a Client certificate (PEM) and Custom CA bundle for mTLS.
4. Tune timing: Connect timeout (ms) and the run interval.
5. Choose the source agent(s) — the vantage points that should run the test.
6. Set thresholds (latency/loss) to drive alerts, then Create Test.

What HTTP tests capture

Beyond up/down, HTTP tests record the full timing breakdown — Connect Time, Discovery Time, TLS handshake — and TLS details like Cipher Suite, Chain Length and Certificate Size, so you can catch a slow handshake or an expiring/oversized cert chain, not just a failed request.

Cases

• DB reachability: a TCP test from the app's VPC agent to the database host; alert on loss.
• Third-party SLA: an HTTP test to a payment provider to prove "it's them, not us".
• Cert expiry: watch chain length/handshake on a public endpoint.

Editing a test? Use /network/tests/edit/:testId — same fields, pre-filled.