Health Monitor for UNIX

Hi,

 

 

Which protocol(s) are you load balancing for the Unix servers?

 

 

The most efficient option from an LTM perspective would be to make the file available via HTTP and then use a stock HTTP monitor to check the file contents.

 

 

Or you could create a script which accesses the file via SSH or NFS and then call that script from an external monitor. Here's a template you could start with:

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/AdvDesignConfig.TemplateForExternalLtmMonitors.ashx

 

 

Aaron

Thanks for the link...I will take a look at it.

 

 

I think the external script option is the way to go... below is the syntax of the script I would like to use

 

 

ssh -password "passwordhere" user@serverip cat file.txt

i noticed the the F5 does not support the use of -password... i will need to use sshpass to provide the password on my script.

 

has anyone install the sshpass rpm on an F5?

You can do this without using a password by using public/private keys. Create a SSH keypair, put the public key on the target system, then use ssh -i on the LTM.