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dashbrousseau_1
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Jul 10, 2017

F5 http monitor website bypass redirect of authentication

So I have many web servers on the F5 with basic http apache response monitor

 

Currently right now when my F5 sends a monitor request to the website and I get a redirect response to the main login to be authenticated. What can I do to monitor the content of the website without getting a redirect response to the main page

 

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  • Jad_Tabbara__J1's avatar
    Jad_Tabbara__J1
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    Jul 11, 2017

    Hi,

     

    You have several options.

     

    1) You can configure your apache web server to serve a file that is accessible without authentication. The file could be a simple .html file used only for monitoring. example: f5monitor.html Then you should configure your monitor to request that file "/toto/tata/f5monitor.html" and verify the content of this file.

     

    2) You can also configure your F5 monitor to authenticate on the server. In this case it can monitor any URI that need authentication before requesting it.

     

    Regards