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AJ_6093
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Jan 16, 2009

HTTP monitor with Status code.

Hi,   I want to create a HTTP monitor based on http status return code. What should I mention in the HTTP receive string, if I use “HTTP/1.0 200 OK” will it work. Also should I implement it on po...
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JRahm
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Jan 16, 2009
It really depends on your requirements. If using the http monitor, you can send a query to special page that will give you a "we're good" message that tests more than just the root index, or if that's sufficient, you can implement an http monitor that pretty much just tells you the app is responding, not that it's good. You can also do the negative, where it marks the node/pool member down if the string is received.