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Azize_118739
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Jul 11, 2013

HTTP monitoring from a shared server

Hi, I am new with BIG-IP LTM, so, sorry if I have a basic question.   We have a server with many sites, the server uses only one IP and the request is rotated to the corret site by host header of ...
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Azize_118739
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Jul 11, 2013

I will try to explain with a draw .... sorry, I am not good on this

OPTION 1 


site1 ---|                                          | ---> ServerA
site2 ---| ---> IP 1.1.1.1 (F5) ---> | ---> ServerB
site3 ---|                                          | ---> ServerC

Heath Check
GET /health/index.html HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: health
Connection: close\r\n

OPTION 2 


                                     | ---> ServerA
site1 ---| ---> IP 1.1.1.1 (F5) ---> | ---> ServerB
                                     | ---> ServerC
Heath Check
GET /health/index.html HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: site1\r\n
Connection: close\r\n
                                     | ---> ServerA
site2 ---| ---> IP 1.1.1.2 (F5) ---> | ---> ServerB
                                     | ---> ServerC
Heath Check
GET /health/index.html HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: site2r\n
Connection: close\r\n
                                     | ---> ServerA
site3 ---| ---> IP 1.1.1.3 (F5) ---> | ---> ServerB
                                     | ---> ServerC
Heath Check
GET /health/index.html HTTP/1.1\r\n
Host: site3\r\n
Connection: close\r\n