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avnishvyas_1974
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Mar 23, 2017

Health monitor using a Loopback address ?

Hello All

 

Im in the process of setting up a one-arm LTM solution for pool members listening on port_8080 and port_8083. In the design the architect asked me to use a GET request SEND and RECEIVE string with the following. SEND http://[Content Manager IP address]:8080/health.basic RECEIVE WSUP

 

http://[Content Manager IP address]:8083/health.app.filtering RECEIVE WSUP

 

Im a slightly confused as to what IP address would be going in between the []. I need the health check to monitor the 6 pool members on their respective ports and if any member goes down it wont have traffic forwarded to it. One of the TA's mentioned using a wildcard .* or to use the 127.0.0.1?

 

SEND http://127.0.0.1:8080/health.basic RECEIVE WSUP

 

Will this work?

 

application delivery
BIG-IP
LTM

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  • Amine_Kadimi's avatar
    Amine_Kadimi
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    Mar 23, 2017

    No, it won't. And you don't need to configure the IP address in the monitor, just enter the following in the Send String:

     

    GET /health.basic\r\n

     

    And don't configure an IP or service port (wildcard * is the default), the monitor will use the IP and port configured in the actual monitored member.