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Martin_Thomas_1
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusMicrosoft SQL Reporting Services Monitoring
Hi,
I'm trying to create a monitor more complex than a basic "GET /" without checking the response and, essentially, just monitors if the port is open.
However, I'm failing miserably as SSRS 2008...
Cory_50405
Noctilucent
NoctilucentIf all you want to do is check to see if the server responds on a certain port, just use the 'tcp' keepalive. It'll just do a three-way handshake on the TCP port you specify and mark the node as up if the handshake completes.
- Martin_Thomas_1Sorry, I re-wrote my statement. I'm actually looking at doing more than this basic port-open monitoring. We've had recent issue with a pool of SSRS servers that have a tendency to still respond on port 80 but otherwise not functional.
- Cory_50405Since it's an HTTP server, performing an HTTP get and parsing the result to determine health would be the easiest way. Why do you not want to pursue doing it this way? Another way would be to use an external monitor that logs into your servers using SSH and runs a local script. The local script would check for a running service, and return an exit code depending on the status of that service. We are performing this kind of health check in our environment. It would require creating a script on your servers though, and creating an external monitor on the LTM. I could provide you an example external monitor for this SSH task if you want to go that route.
