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ukstin's avatar
ukstin
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Mar 31, 2009

Negation Monitor

Hi, probably my question is dumb but I´m in doubt...     I need to create a monitor that when return an expected string returns down and disable the pool member.     What what th...
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dennypayne's avatar
dennypayne
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Mar 31, 2009
Actually if it returns anything to STDIN, the monitor is considered up. A lot of the templates on here use echo "UP" in the script, but that's really just a convention, not a requirement.

 

 

So for yours, you want to check the status of your request, and if you see that string, you don't want to return anything to STDIN, just let it time out.

 

 

Denny