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buki_12593
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Dec 30, 2007

The default HTTP monitor seems to be incorrectly defined

The default HTTP monitor seems to be incorrectly defined – instead of defining the “send string” properly (I.E., “GET / HTTP/1.0\r\n”), it is defined as “GET /”.     This approach does not work ...
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hoolio
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Dec 31, 2007
Hello,

 

 

Per SOL3224 (Click here), the default HTTP monitor send string, 'GET /' is an HTTP 0.9 formatted request. As you found, some servers may not support this version/format. It would probably be helpful for the BIG-IP to use HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 by default. It might also be good to provide an HTTP 1.1 formatted HTTP and HTTPS monitor in the default BIG-IP configuration. If you think so, you might want to open a case with F5 support requesting this functionality be changed/added.

 

 

Aaron