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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_alert.conf

"failed" is commun in my ltm logs. "New session" is commun in apm logs.


So this works (triggered from ltm logs):

alert test "failed" { exec command="logger -p local0.notice 'test'" }

This doesn't (not triggered from apm logs):

alert test "New session" { exec command="logger -p local0.notice 'test'" }

 

Do you have any idea why?

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

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      Thanks. 

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