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Blue_whale
Cirrocumulus
Cirrocumulushttps health monitor configured with only send strings but no receive strings - what it will check ?
Hi Team , If we have https health monitor configured with only send strings but no receive strings in it , what checks does it perform . can you please explain with below configuration as an...
Per F5 documentation:
"Content check monitors are designed to determine whether a service is available and whether the server is serving the appropriate content."
Also in the same article, "You can also use the default null Receive String value [""] [in a content check monitor]. In this case, any content retrieved is considered a match." (Emphasis mine.)
In other words, without a receive string, a content check monitor satisfies only its first purpose - "to determine whether a service is available." To satisfy the second purpose of a content check monitor - "to determine if the server is serving the appropriate content" - you must include a Receive String with the appropriate content. This is by design, as F5 cannot possibly know what constitutes appropriate content for your application. We provide the monitor shell; you customize it for your application delivery needs.
Blue_whaleCirrocumulus
Cirrocumulusok so in that case the default https monitor in the F5 also not having receive string.So it's of no use right ? it is same as using tcp-443 monitor ? is that right .
Per F5 documentation:
"Content check monitors are designed to determine whether a service is available and whether the server is serving the appropriate content."
Also in the same article, "You can also use the default null Receive String value [""] [in a content check monitor]. In this case, any content retrieved is considered a match." (Emphasis mine.)
In other words, without a receive string, a content check monitor satisfies only its first purpose - "to determine whether a service is available." To satisfy the second purpose of a content check monitor - "to determine if the server is serving the appropriate content" - you must include a Receive String with the appropriate content. This is by design, as F5 cannot possibly know what constitutes appropriate content for your application. We provide the monitor shell; you customize it for your application delivery needs.