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Jeremy_Bridges_'s avatar
Jeremy_Bridges_
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Aug 21, 2009

Custom TCP Monitor

I am looking to do some custom TCP monitoring with a custom application that we need to monitor with the F5. Essentially, the application's thread handling logic will hang unless a specific set of se...
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The_Bhattman
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Aug 24, 2009
Here is a link to something that can be done via custom shell script.

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/AdvDesignConfig/HTTPMonitor_cURL_BasicPOST.html

 

In this example they are using cURL to send information and expect a return. You could end up writing some IF ELSE statement which would ultimately result in a status that is either UP or DOWN

 

I hope this helps

 

CB