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kgaigl
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Dec 13, 2022

LTM Monitor ServicePort

Hello,

we've som new Pools with https-monitors (get some Pingservlet), and if I let the "Alias Service Port" unchanged, the Monitor fails.

If I set the Port to the same Port as the Poolmember are set, then it's ok

I thought, the Monitor would use the Port, that is configured in the Pool, is this not correct?

Thank you

  • Hi kgaigl,

    That is correct. The monitor will inherit the port used in Pool-Member settings as long as you did not said "All" ports on the Pool-Member level.

    You may double check your settings?

    Cheers, Kai

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    kgaigl
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    Hello Kai,

    thank you, but could you tell me, if this is under Monitor or Pool.

    In the Monitor the Alias Service Port the default-Setting is "All Ports", do you mean this?

    • Hi kgaigl,

      When you create a Pool Member, you can set it ports to "* All Services".

      In this case, the Pool-Member will inherit the DST port of the VS when forwarding to it. The VS could also be set to * All Services, which would allow you to setup a VS-many-to-many-Pool port mapping. 

      When working with such * All Services rule sets, then you have to keep in mind that the Health-Monitor wont know which port to monitor, so you have to specify a port at the Monitor-Level.

      Only if you have specified a Port at your Pool-Member, the monitor will become able to inherit the Port of the Pool-Member via the default "* All services" option. 

      Cheers, Kai

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        kgaigl
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        Kai_Wilke wrote:

        Only if you have specified a Port at your Pool-Member, the monitor will become able to inherit the Port of the Pool-Member via the default "* All services" option. 


        Ok Thank you, but this last sentence is my Problem, I think this has worked all the time, and with new pool not

        But to be sure I set the Alias Port, otherwise I could use same Monitor for different Pools

        btw: version is 16.1.3.1

  • kgaiglIf your pool member has a port defined then the health monitor will absolutely inherit the pool when it performs the health check. To me it sounds like you did not set the service port to a single port when creating the pool members. If you could provide a screenshot of the pool configuration we should be able to direct you further to resolve your issue. If you need to provide a redacted configuration that will work as long as it shows the port associated to the pool member and the health monitor configuration that you are using.

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    kgaigl
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    ok, this is the Pool:

    with this Monitor, Member is down:

    with this Monitor the Member is up:

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      kgaigl
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      I've to correct me 🙄

      when I first configured the Pool with the Monitor (all Ports), the Member didn't come up and I configured the Monitor with Port defiened.

      Now I tested again the original Monitor, Member gets green 🤔

      • Hi kgaigl,

        Only the F5 god will know why. Glad you fixed the problem...😉

        Cheers, Kai