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BenJ
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusiRule to Log When Pool Member does not Respond to HTTP Request
Hi, We're currently trying to troubleshoot an application issue and are using an HSL iRule to send logs to Splunk to help us. The iRule we're using works for most circumstances, however we're not su...
Amine_Kadimi
MVP
MVPIf the pool member never responds to the HTTP requests sent from F5 over an open TCP connection, the F5 will ultimately close this connection*, so you can try something like:
set http_data_received 0
when HTTP_RESPONSE {
set http_data_received 1
}
when SERVER_CLOSED {
if (not (http_data_received)) {
#splunk logic here
}
}
* not sure what is the behavior for keep-alive connections
BenJNimbostratus
NimbostratusThank you Amine. Apologies for the belated reply. I did try to respond as soon as I received your message but was unable to login to the community forum for some reason.