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Fab's avatar
Fab
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Sep 11, 2024

user alert on apm logs

I try to trigger a command when a specific log is written on /var/log/apm It works on 2 different non prod big-ip, but on a third one in production it only works with /var/log/ltm logs.   user_ale...
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Enes_Afsin_Al
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Sep 18, 2024

Hello Fab,

BIG-IP APM messages are not processed by the alertd SNMP process, and therefore custom scripts/traps cannot be triggered based on syslog messages for BIG-IP APM systems.

REF: https://my.f5.com/manage/s/article/K6414

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    Fab
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    Sep 19, 2024

    Thanks. 

    It's very strange because it does work on 2 different bigip but not on the 3rd. This misled me...

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    Fab
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    Oct 10, 2024

    Actually it works on v15 and not anymore on v17. This is why it was working on some devices and not on some others.