Forum Discussion
hooleylist
Jan 18, 2010Cirrostratus
Which authentication methods does the server accept? Basic auth would be simple to do in a standard HTTP or HTTPS monitor. NTLM auth would require using an external monitor.
Either option would allow you to set up an email alert based on the pool failing. Here is a post which covers both monitor options:
HTTP Monitor that follows redirects
http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=32&tpage=1&view=topic&postid=56552
And a post which describes how to configue alertd to send an email for an alert:
Email notification of node/vs down
http://devcentral.f5.com/Default.aspx?tabid=53&forumid=31&tpage=1&view=topic&postid=20167
First, you'd want to associate a monitor on the pool. Then you need to configure postfix to send mail remotely. And then configure alertd to send email. There are a few related solutions on AskF5 that you can use as a guide for this:
SOL3667: Configuring SNMP trap alerts to send email notifications
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/600/sol3667.html?sr=392739
SOL3664: Configuring BIG-IP to deliver locally-generated email messages
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/600/sol3664.html
And if you want to generate a message based on a custom log event, refer to SOL3727:
SOL3727: Configuring custom SNMP traps
https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/3000/700/sol3727.html
Aaron