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Doris_Franse_13's avatar
Doris_Franse_13
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Sep 11, 2013

F5 - Closing And Opening Ports Solution

  I have F5 with 4 web servers sitting in front of it and 6 retrieval servers sitting behind it. (Web <--> f5 <--> retrieval server) When web traffic from a WEB-A (web server A) connects to F5, F...
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Kevin_Stewart's avatar
Kevin_Stewart
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Sep 11, 2013

Two options off the top of my head:

 

  1. Is there a service instance that the F5 can poll to get status of the retrieval server? If so you'd could simply apply an external monitor script to the pool. The F5 would be "pulling" the member status information.

     

  2. Do you have the ability to launch processes from the retrieval servers on an event (when no licenses are left)? If so you can use an iControl script to disable/enable the pool members. The service would be "pushing" the member status information.