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SWJO's avatar
SWJO
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Dec 17, 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
Icon for Altocumulus rankAltocumulus
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.