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Troy_93881
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Apr 01, 2011

Monitor using "grep"

All,     Looking for a little guidance. I would like to know if I can set up a monitor ( multiple monitors ) that would run a "grep" command and based on results -- mark a member up or down. ...
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hooleylist
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Apr 05, 2011
Hi Troy,

 

 

You could use SSH to connect to an IP address and performs the commands. You could then reference that SSH command in an external monitor, using this template:

 

 

http://devcentral.f5.com/wiki/default.aspx/AdvDesignConfig/TemplateForExternalLtmMonitors.html

 

 

Here's another option which would probably require fewer resources on LTM:

 

 

Build a web app on each server which runs those commands to check for the processes and returns text in a web page indicating an up or down status. You could then use a built in HTTP monitor to check that status page.

 

 

Aaron