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Nimbostratus

Oct 23, 2013

Custom alerts

When editing the /config/user_alert.conf file, is it necessary to reboot the Bigip LTM to load the file's contents into memory? If so, is there a way to get user_alert.conf to work without rebooting...

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kid729_135240

Nimbostratus

Oct 23, 2013

I think there is no need to reboot too. I think these solutions would be helpful.

sol3727: Configuring custom SNMP traps

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/700/sol3727.html

sol14397: Executing a command or custom script based on a syslog message

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/14000/300/sol14397.html

rob_carr
Cirrocumulus
Oct 23, 2013
Executing a 'tmsh load /sys config' should be enough to force the file to be re-read, but you will want to be sure that your saved configuration is the same as your running config before running this.
mraful_64014
Nimbostratus
Oct 24, 2013
you are correct.. I tested. No need to reboot. However, do you know how it throttles alerts. For example, if I catch http response 500 and send out an alert, subsequent 500 responses are logged but not sent as alerts. What is the throttle before it sends the same type of alert?