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wellington_1134
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Jan 27, 2011

HTTP customer health check

I'm want to write a simple HTTP health check (I'm new to this!)     [root:F5-Active] config curl http://jupiter-uat.dresdnerkleinwort.net/jupiter/healthCheck.jsp   !DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W...
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Chris_Miller
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Jan 27, 2011
Awesome start.

 

 

Here's the best resource I've seen on constructing monitors:

 

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/2000/100/sol2167.html

 

 

It looks like you've created a special health check page. Out of curiosity, why not check a page the a user might request? Then, perhaps look for a "200 - OK" response? I ask because I've created special health check pages too and gotten bitten because we had DB issues and even though the App needed the DB, my health check didn't.