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NimbostratusHealth Monitoring SharePoint 2013 Site Using Kerberos Authentication
I need to figure out how to properly health monitor SharePoint 2013 that is setup to use Kerberos authentication. I am using APM to facilitate user authentication. I want a health monitor to be able to hit the root page of the root site both to ensure that SharePoint is working and as a keep alive for the SharePoint application pool. I need to find a way to implement a health monitor that is capable of authenticating via kerberos to gain access to the root site. I would appreciate any guidance that can be provided.
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Hi Jacob, we don't have any built-in monitors that support Kerberos, and AFAIK the version of cURL currently on BIG-IP doesn't support it either. Your best bet may be to configure your site for Negotiate auth so the built-in HTTP/HTTPS monitors will fall back to NTLM.
These DC posts include some other options:
https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/citrix-iapp-using-active-directory-monitor-for-kerberos-auth
https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/monitor-http-application-users-authenticating-to-web-serwers-with-kerberos
DenisGR_21754Cirrus
Hi Jacob,
I've followed this blog and resolved my problem : https://collabdg.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/monitor-sharepoint-kerberos-sites-with-f5-big-ip-out-of-the-box-monitor/
Denis.
