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jondyke_46152
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Apr 23, 2008

Monitoring a windows service

Sorry if this is a 'numpty' question that had been answered before (I have had a quick search but di dnot find anything) but is there a way of getting LTM to monitor if a specific Windows Service is r...
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Arie
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May 12, 2008
Since it's a web service it should not be too difficult to create a web page that is part of the service that returns a certain string/code when the service it functioning properly. We have pages like this that go through a number of steps to verify all is well (e.g. connect to database, retrieve record, etc.).

 

 

You can then call this page from the LTM and look for this string. Handy for non-LTM based monitoring as well (e.g. Nagios) so you can be alerted when services are down.