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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...
Paulius
MVP
MVPIs this something that happens few and far between? You might consider performing a tcpdump if this is something that happens regularly and then you can open this up in wireshark and see exactly what's going on.
BenJHi Paulius,
Yes, unfortunately, this is something that happens intermittently, but at least daily. We've tried tcpdump captures a few times but never managed to catch one. There's no discernible pattern to the occurrences.
Regardless, providing end-to-end visibility of a transactions progress through the various layers of the network is still a really valuable outcome. Understanding that the F5 has passed a transaction onto the pool member but never received a response is certainly a useful troubleshooting tool, especially in our case where we have no access to the pool members themselves.