Exchange application Custom Health Monitor

it seems the exchange engineers want to use User Login function for an Advanced Health Monitor with Exchange 2010. I used the outlook deployment guide, but its not working. It always shows up even it I error out the user name...Sure could use some help.what authentication are you using? if it is basic or windows integrated authentication, you can use "outlook web app advanced monitor" health monitor in deployment guide page 73 as Regan suggested (i.e. GET /owa/\r\n and 200 OK).

if you are using forms-based authentication, the monitor in the deployment guide cannot be used because it does not do user authentication. the following is old thread about exchange 2007.

how to add owa form-based monitor for Exchange 2007

https://devcentral.f5.com/community/group/aft/57935/asg/44

i did a bit modify jjh's script as below. the "replace_with_username" and "replace_with_password" in the script need to be replaced. anyway, i am not familiar with exchange, so the script may not be fully correct and customization may be required.

root@(ve11a)(cfg-sync Changes Pending)(Active)(/Common)(tmos) list ltm monitor external owa_mon
ltm monitor external owa_mon {
    defaults-from external
    destination *:*
    interval 5
    run /Common/curl_adex2
    time-until-up 0
    timeout 16
    user-defined HOST owa.f5.com
    user-defined RECV "Deleted Items"
    user-defined URI1 /owa/auth/logon.aspx\?url=https://owa.f5.com/owa/&reason=0
    user-defined URI2 /owa/auth.owa
}

[root@ve11a:Active:Changes Pending] external_monitor_d  cat \:Common\:curl_adex2_14
!/bin/sh

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 @() $Id: http_monitor_cURL+GET,v 1.0 2007/06/28 16:10:15 deb Exp $
 (based on sample_monitor,v 1.3 2005/02/04 18:47:17 saxon)

 these arguments supplied automatically for all external monitors:
 $1 = IP (IPv6 notation. IPv4 addresses are passed in the form
                         ::ffff:w.x.y.z
                         where "w.x.y.z" is the IPv4 address)
 $2 = port (decimal, host byte order)

 Additional command line arguments ($3 and higher) may be specified in the monitor template
 This example does not expect any additional command line arguments

 Name/Value pairs may also be specified in the monitor template
 This example expects the following Name/Vaule pairs:
 URI1  = the URI to request from the server to get OutlookSession cookie
 URI2  = the URI to request from the server to authenticate user
 RECV = the expected response (not case sensitive)
 HOST = the FQDN name

 remove IPv6/IPv4 compatibility prefix (LTM passes addresses in IPv6 format)
IP=`echo ${1} | sed 's/::ffff://'`
PORT=${2}

PIDFILE="/var/run/`basename ${0}`.${IP}_${PORT}.pid"
 kill of the last instance of this monitor if hung and log current pid
if [ -f $PIDFILE ]
then
   kill -9 `cat $PIDFILE` > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
echo "$$" > $PIDFILE

 send request & check for expected response
curl -fNs --connect-timeout 5 -k "https://${IP}:${PORT}${URI1}" -H "Host: ${HOST}" -c /var/tmp/cookies.txt > /dev/null
curl -fNs --connect-timeout 5 -k -L -d "destination=https%3A%2F%2F${HOST}%2Fowa%2F&flags=0&forcedownlevel=0&trusted=0&username=replace_with_username&password=replace_with_password&isUtf8=1" -b /var/tmp/cookies.txt -b "PBack=0" "https://${IP}:${PORT}${URI2}" -H "Host: ${HOST}" | grep "${RECV}" 2>&1 > /dev/null

 mark node UP if expected response was received
if [ $? -eq 0 ]
then
    echo "UP"
fi

rm -f $PIDFILE
exit
[root@ve11a:Active:Changes Pending] external_monitor_d 

by the way, have you used http analyzer tool such as httpwatch, httpfox? i think it is very helpful in buliding http monitor.

HttpFox: The Firefox add-on you can't live without by Lori MacVittie

https://devcentral.f5.com/blogs/us/httpfox-the-firefox-add-on-you-cant-live-without

hope this helps.