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Blue_whale
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Jul 07, 2022Why do we use username and password in Healthcheck Monitor ?
Hi Team , We have an LDAP VIP , and we could see the heathcheck monitor which is applied to the pool has username password enabled and used . Why do we need to authenticate first before checkin...
AubreyKingF5
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Jul 07, 2022WAY back, as a customer, I ran my LDAP through my BIG-IP 6400s. That is a feature that allows you to test authentication as a portion of your monitor. If the SLAPD manager password changes, or such, everything breaks.. but that can also be a good thing. If someone has changed your SLAPD manager password w/out your awareness, you become aware VERY quickly! 🙂 Also, as noted by Nikoolayy1, you do not NEED to do this with a TCP monitor. I just thought I'd expand on WHY you might want that: to test the protocol fully with a search in your monitor.
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