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Using TCPMon as an Explicit Intermediary

The most common usage pattern for the TCPMon is as an intermediary. This usage is specified as explicit because the client has to point to the intermediary, rather than the original endpoint, to monitor the messages.

To start the TCPMon in this configuration:

1. Provide the listen port, the host name, and the port for the listener in the Admin tab for TCPMonitor.
2. To open up a new tab (Port 8000) that allows the messages to be seen, click Add.

Requests now point to the listener port of the TCPMon instead of the original endpoint.

All messages that are passed to and from localhost:8080 are monitored.

• We set the listener to port 8000 which can be any unused port in the local computer.
• We added a listener with host as localhost and port as 8080.
• Point the browser to localhost:8000 instead of localhost:8080.