Understanding the “Public DNS Name” Setting in ControlUp Monitor

A user asked for clarification on the purpose of "Public DNS Name" in the monitor settings. Another user explained that this parameter is used for deploying a monitor using powershell, particularly for monitors in Azure or AWS. A ControlUp support documentation link was provided for more information. This setting is used to specify the address on which the monitor exposes port 443 for outbound agent connections.

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what does "Public DNS Name" do in the monitor settings?

To my knowledge you can deploy a monitor using powershell with that parameter. for example if the monitor resides in Azure or AWS.

https://support.controlup.com/docs/install-cumonitor?highlight=public%20dns

got it. makes sense thanks

When you deploy a monitor on a cloud VM (possible since v9.0), the public DNS name is the address on which the monitor exposes port 443 (in order for agents to connect outbound)

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