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Robert_Pagano_7
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Sep 11, 2007

Using a "remote" system to maintain up/down status of a VIP and/or pool members?

Is it possible to maintain the up/down status of a VIP (and/or its related pool/pool members) by querying a real server that is totally unrelated to the pool?     Specifically, let's say I have ...
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Deb_Allen_18's avatar
Deb_Allen_18
Historic F5 Account
Oct 01, 2007
Hi Rob --

 

 

Could have sworn I already answered this one, sorry!

 

 

Yes, you can do that by creating a custom monitor of type HTTP & specifying in the monitor definition:

 

Send String. . . . . .GET /system-is-in-maintenance-mode.html

 

Receive String . . . .

 

Alias Address. . . . .

 

Alias Service Port . .

 

You might need to add HTTP version, Host & Connection headers as specified in this solution: https://support.f5.com/kb/en-us/solutions/public/2000/100/sol2167.html

 

(Click here)

 

 

HTH

 

/deb
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