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kgaigl
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Nov 13, 2023

LTM Monitoring IIS and Webserver Binding

Hello, we've got a VS for 2 MS IIS Webserver. Question: if I configure the Pool with regular Nodes, the Monitor connects the Nodes with the IP Adress, right? Then I've got a problem with the Webse...
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  • kgaigl's avatar
    kgaigl
    Nov 15, 2023

    Ok, now it's ok:

    The IIS does not like health-Checks without User-Agent, so inserting "User-Agent: F5Monitor" was the solution

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Juergen_Mang
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Nov 13, 2023

Simply configure a new monitor with a http host header.

HEAD / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: <hostname>\r\nUser-Agent: F5Monitor\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n

Replace <hostname> with the desired hostname.

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    whisperer
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    Nov 13, 2023

    Take a look here:

    https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K2167

    So, for your example, you will want an HTTP protocol and send string that supports host headers for virtual hosting support. So, in your case, it would be something like that following:

    GET /Smoke-Test HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: webbvk1.bvk.int\r\nConnection: Close\r\n\r\n