NTP Monitor

Problem this snippet solves: Version 9 (tested on v9.2.4) Based on F5's example monitor, with the NTP check added. We make sure that the node gives us an NTP response and that the node hasn't beco...
Published Mar 12, 2015
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May 11, 2017

Comparing the code in this thread to the code in the original post (https://devcentral.f5.com/s/articles/ntp-monitor-for-11x-with-complete-instructions-999), I found this difference: Above, line 56: my $pid = ; Original: my $pid = ;

 

When I changed the code back to the original, perl processed further (past line 56).

 

Yeah! This resolved the issue!!!

 

pats self on back

 

I also determined WHY this issue with the code appears above. The code that these F5 web pages is using to parse and display the text treated the "" as something special and this text did not display in the code lines above. I had to preface the less-than symbol with a backslash. Another 10 points!