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ArtRst_137283
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Nov 07, 2013

Configuring Monitors on F5 LTM

I am fairly new to F5 and trying to set monitors for my SharePoint farm , I tried creating HTTP monitor , its just basic HTML file with "Up" text in it ... What I am trying to achieve is , if I chan...
  • Kevin_K_51432's avatar
    Kevin_K_51432
    Nov 07, 2013

    Ah, the host header is required by most web-servers. We'll try again:

    telnet 10.10.10.1 80
 Then type
GET /_layouts/images/filename.html HTTP/1.1
 Enter once
HOST: server domain
 Enter twice
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Thomas_Gobet
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Nov 08, 2013

Your Sharepoint server is not returning the "Up" message you're waiting for. The reason that your monitor works with the OK message is because in your response header the HTTP code is 200 followed by the message "OK".

 

Had you try to reach your Sharepoint web page to check if it's returning what you want ?