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MK_62657
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Feb 13, 2008

Using F5 as a fall back host

Hello:     Is any using the F5 device itself as a fall back host? I would like to host the maintenance page on the device itself if possible instead of having another server as the fallback host...
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JRahm's avatar
JRahm
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Feb 13, 2008
At its most basic:


when RULE_INIT {
  set sorry "All Servers Down"
}
when HTTP_REQUEST {
  if {[active_members myPool] == 0} {
    HTTP::respond 200 content $::sorry
  }
}

If you do a little searching, I believe Hoolio posted an example with images...