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Spike_Henning_8
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusHow to sniff node down
How can I get the LTM to notify me when it detects a node down? So far, the first I know about it is when both nodes are down so the pool is unavailable causing the F5 to redirect requests to an outag...
JRahm
Admin
AdminI haven't tried this, but you could use something like this (I think you need version 9.2 for the LB::status query):
when LB_FAILED {
if { [LB::status poolname ip port] == 0 } {
log "Server $ip $port down!"
}
}
Then configure syslog-ng to page/email you when you get that entry in /var/log/ltm
The developers might have a better solution for you
