# How can we monitor the availability of a database endpoint in Dynatrace? **URL:** \ **Category:** Open Q&A\ **Tags:** databases, availability\ **Created:** [July 2, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-can-we-monitor-the-availability-of-a-database-endpoint-in-dynatrace/56353 "2026-07-02T14:20:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Selvam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Selvam](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/Selvam)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 2:20pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-can-we-monitor-the-availability-of-a-database-endpoint-in-dynatrace/56353/1 "2026-07-02T14:20:11Z")
We have a database endpoint abc.cde.org:1111 and would like to verify its availability every 15 minutes. What is the recommended approach in Dynatrace to monitor this endpoint? Can Dynatrace perform a TCP connectivity check to confirm that the host and port are reachable, and generate an alert if the endpoint becomes unavailable Since this is a database endpoint, we are only looking to monitor network availability (host:port reachability) and not execute database queries. The health check should run every 15 minutes. ---
**Author:** ![PetrVlacil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@PetrVlacil](https://community.dynatrace.com/u/PetrVlacil)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2026, 3:05pm UTC](https://community.dynatrace.com/t/how-can-we-monitor-the-availability-of-a-database-endpoint-in-dynatrace/56353/2 "2026-07-02T15:05:45Z")
Hello, Have you tried to use Network Availability Monitors? [Network availability monitoring in Classic — Dynatrace Docs](https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/network-availability-monitoring) You can use ICMP, TCP and DNS test. With TCP test you can specify port number to test. It is basically a synthetic monitoring, and for private IP addresses testing you will need a private synthetic location.