HTTP health monitor generate an apache error

Bastien

 

 

Looks like there's no file for the get to retrieve in the /var/www/html dir. How about adding a dummy index file in here? I know IIS uses index.html so perhaps try that? If you run curl from the f5 and attach to the pool member do you get an error? How about after you add an index file?

 

 

N

A couple of things........

 

 

1. Change the URI to request a file that actually exists... You probably have apache configured NOT to treat a request for / as a request for the default document (Usually index.html).

 

 

2. Add a protocol version. Otherwise the server will default to HTTP/0.9 and some versions of apache usually don't like v0.9...

 

 

So the request would normally be

 

 

GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n

 

 

You can add extra headers if you require (Such as host: etc).

 

 

H

With GET /blank.gif HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n , still the same

The exact same error?

 

 

There's numerous reasons for this apparenty (Not that I ever recall having it myself). But they all come down to a configuration problem on the apache server itself... Does that document actually exist? What does the access_log say?

 

 

H

I found that for http 1.1 you need to define your host. Like so.

 

 

GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: myf5.domain.com\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n

Yes. HTTP/1.1 included the previously optional host header as a mandatory item. For monitors it's not really worthwhile going to HTTP/1.1 (Unless you have some strange server that requires it :), as the monitor can't add the host header dynamically (Sadly), so you have to create a new monitor every time (It would be nice if you could specify a FQDN in a VS for attached monitors, but that creates problems in itself as monitors are attached to pools and not VS's.... That would possibly require re-architecting so you could instantiate a monitor per VS:Pool pairing... And have different poolmember status per attached VS... Or just a FQDN per pool maybe to use on the monitor...

 

 

Sorry... Rambling out loud again...

 

 

 

H

Your strings will vary a bit depending on your version. Check out this solution article, covers what you're looking for...

 

 

sol2167: Constructing HTTP requests for use with the HTTP or HTTPS application health monitor

 

 

http://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/2000/100/sol2167.html?sr=16769290