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Thornid
Nimbostratus
NimbostratusRun an external script from F5
Hello all I've been asked by a client if it is possible to do this on an F5: They have two servers in an active and cold standby configuration. What should happen is that when the active ...
Simon_Blakely
Employee
EmployeeNo - there is no simple solution.
The simple solution is that the LTM would expect both pool members to be active and ready to receive requests, even if one of the pair does not get selected (via priority group load-balancing, for example). Then when the primary pool member fails, requests are directed to the next available server in the pool which is already running the required service.
For a more complex solution, you could use iCall, and use that to trigger a bash script that connects to the pool member to make it active:
