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SWJO
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Dec 18, 2019

Did anyone used http_head_f5 monitor?

Hi guys.   As like title, Did anyone used http_head_f5 monitor?   I was aware that BIG-IP`s http monitor just send string and judge up/down based on receive string not header value.   but...
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M_2
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Dec 18, 2019

You can use HEAD method instead of GET in HTTP monitor to receive headers as server response and update the expected response string accordingly.