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sandy16
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Jun 14, 2013

send and recieve strings in HTTP monitor

Hi Folks, I am creating a http virtual-server and on my monitor I need to specify the send and recieve strings. I have asked the developer and he has no idea about it. Is there a way for me to find out what they are? I could leave them both as it is, the default values BUT that way I am only performing a simple service check. Please advise.

 

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  • nathe's avatar
    nathe
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    Jun 14, 2013
    I'd use a browser and fiddler/httpfox, for example, and browse to the web page. That should show you what the Get requests are (your Send string) and the responses (this will be your Receive string). A default check will be happy with whatever you get back as a Receive String. A simple improvement on that would be to configure the Receive string to simply see OK, or 200, at least this way your checking that the page is returned ok.

     

     

    Also, curl from the F5 is another option.

     

     

    Hope this helps,

     

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