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Parveez_70209's avatar
Parveez_70209
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May 29, 2014

Irule to Make a Member-server down based on error: 503

Hi Team, Need your earnest suggestion into the below. 1.Lets say we got 4 member-servers binded into a Pool, and based on the request towards any member-server( lets say we are using least connec...
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Cory_50405's avatar
Cory_50405
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May 29, 2014

Rather than using an iRule, it may be easier to just use an http monitor and set a receive string that reflects the health of the application. Any server not responding with the expected receive string (e.g. "200 OK") could be marked down.

 

For a maintenance page, you could either specify a fallback host on the HTTP profile applied to your virtual server, or use an iRule:

 

https://devcentral.f5.com/questions/maintenance-page-irule