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Gurdip_Sira_160's avatar
Gurdip_Sira_160
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Sep 06, 2015

Help with a http health monitor

Hi All

 

I want to implement a simple health monitor (HTTP) to my ADFS 2012 R2 servers (a new probe shipped in a Windows update to this OS). All I need to do is make a http get request to the below URL and ensure I get a http 200 OK code in return.

 

http:///adfs/probe

 

I am running F5 LTM VE 11.6.1

 

Thanks!

 

application delivery
LTM
microsoft
monitor

5 Replies

  • mr_evil_116524's avatar
    mr_evil_116524
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    Sep 06, 2015

    You will need to create a custom HTTP monitor and use the following string

     

    Sending String - HEAD HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: \r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n

     

    Receive String -HTTP/1.1 200 OK

     

  • Gurdip_Sira_160's avatar
    Gurdip_Sira_160
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    Sep 07, 2015

    Thanks! So everything after the - . Any GET required?

     

    The other question I had was I havr two ADFS (the application is ADFS 2012 R2), as the hostname obviously is different for both servers, I would need two health monitors ..... is there any workaround to keep one health monitor? Out of interest.

     

    • mr_evil_116524's avatar
      mr_evil_116524
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      Sep 07, 2015
      You can use one health monitor for two servers. You will need to put the two server under one Pool and assign the custom monitor the Pool. As far as GET that depends on that you trying to do ... but from what I can see you dont need to use any GET at this point of time.