# HTTPS monitors

**URL:** <https://community.f5.com/t/https-monitors/2349>\
**Category:** Technical Forums\
**Tags:** big-ip, devops, ltm, application-delivery\
**Created:** [January 19, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/https-monitors/2349 "2018-01-19T01:51:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cylinh\_171509](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c67d28/32.png) [@cylinh\_171509](https://community.f5.com/u/cylinh_171509)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 1:51am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/https-monitors/2349/1 "2018-01-19T01:51:21Z")

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please help set up https monitors with send and receive strings below

Send string: /service/health Receive string: {“status”:“UP”,“nodeAvailable”:{“status”:“UP”}} I try adding this string but got error

port 8443

would be set up on server end with return {“status”:“UP”,“nodeAvailable”:{“status”:“UP”}}

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**Author:** ![JG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dfb087/32.png) [@JG](https://community.f5.com/u/JG)\
**Post date:** [January 19, 2018, 2:50am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/https-monitors/2349/2 "2018-01-19T02:50:37Z")

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To start with, try "

```tcl
GET /service/health HTTP/1.0\r\n\r\n

```

" as send string.

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**Author:** ![RaghavendraSY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a4c791/32.png) [@RaghavendraSY](https://community.f5.com/u/RaghavendraSY)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 1:58am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/https-monitors/2349/3 "2018-01-20T01:58:31Z")

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You can configure monitor as mentioned below. Send String:

GET /service/health HTTP/1.1\nHost:FQDN\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n

“In FQDN section mention your server domain name”

and configure Receive string as UP

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**Author:** ![Surgeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Surgeon](https://community.f5.com/u/Surgeon)\
**Post date:** [January 20, 2018, 7:46am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/https-monitors/2349/4 "2018-01-20T07:46:57Z")

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