This external monitor script runs an snmpget to pool members and marks the members up or down based upon the result. Specifically created for this GTM/APM use case, but can be modified as needed.
How to use this snippet:
copy the contents of this file into /config/monitors/snmp-check, and then in the external monitor configuration, reference the monitor and provide the following variable key/value pairs:
result=<result>
community=<community>
OID=<oid>
Code :
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# @(#) $Id: sample_monitor,v 1.3 2005/02/04 18:47:17 saxon Exp $
#
#
# these arguments supplied automatically for all external pingers:
# $1 = IP (nnn.nnn.nnn.nnn notation or hostname)
# $2 = port (decimal, host byte order)
# $3 and higher = additional arguments
#
# $MONITOR_NAME = name of the monitor
#
# In this sample script, $3 is the regular expression
#
#These lines are required to control the process ID of the monitor
pidfile="/var/run/$MONITOR_NAME.$1..$2.pid"
if [ -f $pidfile ]
then
kill -9 `cat $pidfile` > /dev/null 2>&1
fi
echo "$$" > $pidfile
#Since version9 uses the ipv6 native version of the IP address, parse that down
#for usage
node_ip=`echo $1 | sed 's/::ffff://'`
#Log the variables for debugging
#echo IP= $node_ip Port =$2 OID= $OID comm= $community result= $result >> /var/tmp/test
#Create a variable called answer that contains the result of the snmpwalk.
answer=`snmpget $node_ip -c $community -O v $OID | awk '{print $2}'`
#Log the answer for debugging
#echo Answer= $answer >> /var/tmp/test
if [ $answer -lt $result ]
then
echo "up"
fi
rm -f $pidfile
[0][14302] 2020-03-17 14:25:27.992222: ID 100 :(change_state_common) monitor test completed, result DOWN [ addr=::ffff:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:161 mon=/Common/snmp_monitor-xxxxxxx-apm01_current_active_sessions ]
I am trying to implement this based off the GTM/APM use case article but have some questions:
For the SNMP monitor- what would be the alias address? Would it be the floating external or internal IP running in an HA environment? Or would it be the external or internal self IP still?
For the Pool, what IP should go in the pool as the member? I know it says it doesnt matter but when i added an IP it was showing as down. And is that ok if it does? And does the service port matter at all if the pool address really doesnt matter.
I the vs http client and server profile and added the irule resource but it is showing offline (Enabled)
