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ryan_75748
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Dec 01, 2008

monitoring WCF service with F5

we are building a client/service application inwhich the client is consuming windows communication foundation services. We presently monitor/LB other websites with F5 so we'd like to leverage that inv...
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hoolio
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Dec 02, 2008
Hi Ryan,

 

 

I haven't worked with WCF before, but if it's SOAP you should be able to use either a standard HTTP monitor or worst-case an external monitor. Can you test the app with a single HTTP request? If you capture the HTTP headers and body for a sample request can you post an example? If you can send a single static request to check the pool members, you can use a stock HTTP monitor. Configure the send string with the HTTP headers and body. If you need to send multiple requests or change the request dynamically, you'd need to use an external monitor.

 

 

You can get examples for send strings in the monitoring forum (Click here). You can get examples for external HTTP monitors in the Monitoring Codeshare (Click here). If you want help configuring a monitor, post some anonymized examples of the requests (and responses).

 

 

Aaron