# external FTP monitor via explicit FTP proxy

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/external-ftp-monitor-via-explicit-ftp-proxy/53286>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** big-ip, ftp, application-delivery, monitor\
**Created:** [April 9, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/external-ftp-monitor-via-explicit-ftp-proxy/53286 "2021-04-09T12:27:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@Marvin](https://community.f5.com/u/Marvin)\
**Post date:** [April 9, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/external-ftp-monitor-via-explicit-ftp-proxy/53286/1 "2021-04-09T12:27:13Z")

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Dear all,

I have a couple of forward proxy servers load balanced behind the F5 and we are wondering how to monitor the FTP proxy services, so basically we are looking for a way to send a FTP command via an external explicit FTP proxy just like we do with http curl command for web services (see below). Does someone have a solution to monitor FTP via explicit proxy?

```tcl
curl -k -v ${URI} --proxy ${IP}:${PORT} --http1.1  2>&1 | grep -i "${RECV}"

```