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Brendan_Hogan_9
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Jun 17, 2005

Can iRule or monitor log into application to check availabilty?

Running BIG-IP Kernel 4.5.11 Build147. We are running a PeopleSoft application on 10 WebLogic 5.1 web servers using active insert cookie persistance. When the WebLogic service hangs it will start replying with bea.jolt.ServiceException: error messages to the user. While I have a basic monitor setup, "\nHTTP/1.0\n GET /servlets/iclientservlet/peoplesoft8\n\n", this does fine as far as making sure a page is in fact being returned but I really need to set it up to log into the application and make sure it's not returning error messages after logging in. Can monitors or ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````iRules accomplish that? Are there any examples available of this type of monitor or rule? I looked around couldn't find any. Thanks!
  • Scott_Tennican_'s avatar
    Scott_Tennican_
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    Yes. Read the Monitors - Extended Content Verification section of your Reference Guide. Or type "man monitor" on your BIG-IP. Specifically,

     

    create a monitor template based on the standard http monitor template with a recv attribute which specifies a string in the error message.