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js55161_47239
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Apr 28, 2010

LTM Healthcheck alert

Can anyone advise of how to generate an email alert when a health check fails. We need to know when the BIG-IP start not servicing connection requests.     Thanks
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DeVon_Jarvis
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May 03, 2010
Another method, and one that we use, is to setup the LTM's to use a remote syslog. Here are the notes:

 

https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/5000/500/sol5527.html

 

 

Then you can use a tool like Nagios to watch the log on the remote syslog server, and generate alerts based the syslog. This was more convenient for us as the config sticks across upgrades. I always dislike having to setup these things over and over.

 

 

Of course, there are several ways, each with advantages and dis-advantages...

 

 

DeVon