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smp_86112
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Oct 12, 2009

HTTP monitor recv string

Can someone point me to the doc that describes the different ways a 9.3.1 LTM can interpret the receive string of an HTTP monitor?     We have our LTMs looking for part of a date string wh...
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hoolio
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Oct 13, 2009
I'd guess there is an inferred case insensitivity flag added to the evaluation of the receive string against the response content. SOL4186 gives details on the escape sequences which can be used in a monitor send or receive string:

 

 

SOL4186: Entering escape sequences in an ECV health monitor's send and receive strings

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/4000/100/sol4186.html

 

 

Maybe you could enter the escape sequences for the characters in uppercase (using the hex values for the characters in this format: \xHH)? Else is there another string that you can match on that appears only in a successful response?

 

 

Aaron