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  • crodriguez's avatar
    crodriguez
    Ret. Employee
    Nov 13, 2017

    You are correct that the default HTTPS health monitor is not particularly useful for testing true application health, since it sends a GET request for whatever the default page is, then will accept ANYTHING as a response, including a 404 Not Found. The HTTPS monitor (along with a lot of other monitors F5 provides) is designed to be customized. You create a new monitor using the HTTPS monitor as the parent, then customize the SEND and RECEIVE string settings (and others) to accurately measure a particular application's health. And you can use different monitors for different applications.

     

  • Shann_P_160848's avatar
    Shann_P_160848
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    Nov 13, 2017

    I think it means that the monitor will basically do a GET request against the pool member IP and accept anything in return to determine it's availability.