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Steve_85547's avatar
Steve_85547
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Mar 28, 2008

Can I do this??

Can I build a scripted telnet monitor that will log into a node, authenticate, run a command, and if an expected string is returned mark the node as available? And if not, mark it down????
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monitoring

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  • Deb_Allen_18's avatar
    Deb_Allen_18
    Historic F5 Account
    Mar 31, 2008
    Even better, you can use the new monitor type "Scripted" introduced in LTM v9.0 and script against it using "expect" -- perfect for telnet monitoring.

     

     

    HTH

     

    /deb
  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Jun 10, 2008
    Hey Deb,

     

     

    Is expect installed on any version of BIG-IP? I am trying to create an SFTP monitor for a customer. I have a version working using public key authentication, but I'm thinking they'll ask for user/pass support next. This could be done using expect (or Perl's Net::SFTP module) (Click here), but I don't see expect installed on 9.2.4 or 9.4.4.

     

     

    Aaron