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Mark a VS down when 2 pool members are down
Hi,
We have an F5 LTM (11.6.0 Build 5.0.429 Hotfix HF5) installed and we have a Pool with 10 members. We would like to mark a VS down when 2 of those members go down. I cant see how this is possible in the F5 GUI and people on this forum talked about using an external monitor. Ive pasted a monitor script below. Does it look ok? To have the LTM run this script , ive imported it and created a monitor linked to it. Im wondering what do i do next to have this script run ?
!/bin/sh
pidfile="/var/run/$MONITOR_NAME.$1..$2.pid"
# Send signal to the process group to kill our former self and any children
# as external monitors are run with SIGHUP blocked
if [ -f $pidfile ]
then
kill -9 -`cat $pidfile` > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
echo "$$" > $pidfile
pool=poolname
minup=8
virtual=virtualname
upmembers=`tmsh show /ltm pool $pool members |grep "Current Active Members" |awk -F" : " '{ print $2 }'`
if [ $upmembers -ge $minup ]
then
rm -f $pidfile
state=`tmsh show /ltm virtual $virtual |grep "State" |awk -F" : " '{ print $2 }'`
if [ $state == "disabled" ]
then
logger -p local0.info -t MONITOR-ALERT "Pool $pool Monitor UP - enabling virtual $virtual"
tmsh modify /ltm virtual $virtual enabled
fi
echo "up"
else
rm -f $pidfile
state=`tmsh show /ltm virtual $virtual |grep "State" |awk -F" : " '{ print $2 }'`
if [ $state == "enabled" ]
then
logger -p local0.info -t MONITOR-ALERT "Pool $pool Monitor DOWN - disabling virtual $virtual"
tmsh modify /ltm virtual $virtual disabled
fi
echo "up"
fi
- Fallout1984
Cirrocumulus
As an alternative, you could set up an iRule to redirect requests to a "Sorry page" if the number of active members in the pool fall below a set number. The one below is similar to what we use when performing maintenance on a pool's servers.
when HTTP_REQUEST {
if { [active_members [LB::server pool]] == 0 } {
HTTP::redirect "http://www.mycompany.com/sorrypage.htm"
}
}
If not, you may still find a use for it...
Good luck!
- Tommy_Phelan
Nimbostratus
Thanks ... the iRule doesnt fit what i need to do just now but thanks anyways for the iRule as it will come in handy .
Hi Tommy,
Script will run every 5 seconds(interval value), when you add external monitor to pool.
- Tommy_Phelan
Nimbostratus
Thanks...ive added it to a pool and it works.
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