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mikeshermanit_2
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Sep 28, 2016

Monitor Testing question

How can we test a monitor on a node to confirm the send and receive strings are correct through command line?   We want to test it before assigning the monitor to a pool.  
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  • Ryan_80361's avatar
    Ryan_80361
    Sep 28, 2016

    Two suggestions:

     

    1) Use curl to simulate the request.

     

    2) create a "dummy" pool with your member(s) and assign the monitor you wish to test with.

     

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Kai_Wilke
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Sep 29, 2016

Hi Mike,

 

you could also add the new monitor to your existing pool and then set the availability requirement to "At least 1 Health Monitor". In this case the pool members will remain active even if the new monitor fails.

 

Note: Using a dummy pool as recommended by Ryan is still best practise.

 

Cheers, Kai