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shailendra1
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Jun 09, 2020

How to write irule to ping a host and bring down the pool

I need to create a irule which should ping a host (a VIP on another LTM) , if ping response fails the pool ( irule to be attached to ) is brought down.

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  • Samir's avatar
    Samir
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    Jun 09, 2020

    iRule work is not to check server status. Create pool with icmp monitor and call via irule and take decision.