---
title: "New Host Monitoring Tools"
type: "post"
post_id: "3834"
slug: "host-monitoring-specific-urls-and-matching"
canonical: "https://easydns.com/blog/2014/07/17/host-monitoring-specific-urls-and-matching/"
markdown_url: "https://easydns.com/blog/2014/07/17/host-monitoring-specific-urls-and-matching.md"
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published: "2014-07-17T15:06:56+00:00"
modified: "2014-07-17T15:06:56+00:00"
author: "bcutler"
categories:
  - "What's New"
tags:
  - "DNS failover"
  - "host monitoring"
site_name: "easyDNS"
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language: "en-US"
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A new version of our host monitoring system is now available that offers two new features:

1. An option to specify a URL to test when monitoring HTTP and HTTPS.
2. An option to look for specific text in the HTTP response when monitoring HTTP and HTTPS.

![screenshot_host_monitoring_http_url_and_text](https://easydns.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/screenshot_host_monitoring_http_url_and_text.png)

Host monitoring and Failover DNS is available at the DNS Pro and Enterprise service levels.

### How to Upgrade

Go into Domain Overview -> “Domain Settings” -> Service Management:

![](https://easydns.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/upgrade_downgrade1.png "upgrade_downgrade")

Upgrading is easy, the wizard shows you what features you are currently using and what functionality you’ll gain by upgrading.