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sudhirmirajkar_'s avatar
sudhirmirajkar_
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May 05, 2016

IMAP,POP3 Health Monitor setup issue

Hi all,

 

i am fairly new to F5 and trying to setup a health monitor for a node with POP3 and IMAP services.

 

i am using the IMAP and POP3 template available in F5.

 

i supplied it with all the information required but it just checks for few mins and then fails.

 

can someone please guide me on this.

 

Thanks, Sudhir

 

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BIG-IP
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6 Replies

  • IanB's avatar
    IanB
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    May 06, 2016

    Try enabling the (advanced options) debug checkbox on the monitor, and then inspect the log file in /var/log/monitors. That should tell you what's going on, and why it was marked down.

     

  • Kishore_Kumar_2's avatar
    Kishore_Kumar_2
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    May 06, 2016
    • Kindly try the following command, to see the exact reason for the monitor marking down the pool member.
    • root@(hostname)(cfg-sync Standalone)(Active)(/Common)(tmos.ltm) show node x.x.x.x detail

    • Also, as suggested - use debug and also look at monitor logs to see the exact reason behind failure.

      **var/log/monitors** - Locate the Monitor and its .log file to see the logs.
    • sudhirmirajkar_'s avatar
      sudhirmirajkar_
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      May 06, 2016
      i am the imap to work with ssl authentication using username and password
  • er_sandy_27437's avatar
    er_sandy_27437
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    Jul 12, 2017

    Make sure you are IMAP and POP3 are deployed in non-secure fashion in your setup. Secure IMAP and POP3 are best monitored using external monitor.