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CirrusHTTP Monitor Logout
Hi, we want to monitor HTTP application using login page with dedicated username and password. but we need to ensure that F5 logout after longing and receiving the correct status code, as if F5 didn't logout, the application will lock the account and F5 may not be able to login again. is there any way to accomplish this and let F5 to logout?
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domokos_23867Nimbostratus
What kind of authentication are you using? Basic Authentication does not support it by default so you need to setup some tricks. See this link for some tips: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4154187/how-to-logout-user-for-basic-http-authentication I think the best solution would be an external monitor that you can script.
Another popular authentication method nowadays seem to be the JSON WEB TOKEN. See here some intro (the takeaway is that the app has a /logout page and they destroy the tokens). --> https://github.com/dwyl/learn-json-web-tokens. That should be easy you just have to chain the GETs with one to /logout.
jaikumar_f5Noctilucent
Hope this would be of use. Health monitor functional categories
From the arguments available, just username & pwd alone can be passed as a part of authentication. Logout is not available.Just mysql, oracle, pop3 have logout.
Also login and logout are sessions related to application,not to http.
Your last resort would be to go with external monitor, where you can create a script and send multiple request with your session ID to logout the session.
