WhiteBoard Wednesday: Content & Application Checks
Our "WhiteBoard Wednesday" video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. In this video, I take a few minutes to walk through the workflow of an HTTP monitor and discuss the differences between the content and application health check monitors. Enjoy! Clarifications on the Receive Disable String A few individuals have asked about the timing regarding the receive disable string (and the reverse option) in the monitors. To clarify, the action on receive disable is immediate unless neither the receive nor the receive disable strings match, then it falls back to the timeout process. This table should help: Matches Receive Str Matches Receive Disable Str Status Icon Timing YES YES Up (Enabled) Green Circle Immediate YES NO Up (Enabled) Green Circle Immediate NO YES Up (Disabled) Black Circle Immediate NO NO Down (Disabled) Black Diamond Timeout Process Clarification on the Reverse Option Also in the monitor, but not directly discussed in the video, is the option to mark the pool member down if the receive string is matched by selecting the reverse option in the monitor configuration. Whereas the receive disable setting is more ideal for controlling graceful entry into maintenance windows (by allowing active/persistent connections,) the reverse option immediately marks the pool members hard down.307Views0likes9CommentsWhiteBoard Wednesday: Troubleshooting Monitors
Our "WhiteBoard Wednesday" video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. In this video, John and Jason team up to discuss troubleshooting monitors and wrap up the monitor series of whiteboards. Enjoy! Resources Articles LTM External Monitors: Troubleshooting – Deb Allen LTM External Monitors: The Basics – Deb Allen A Brief Introduction to External Monitors – George Watkins Troubleshooting LTM Monitors (wiki) Solution 12531 - Troubleshooting Monitors (AskF5)249Views0likes0CommentsWhiteBoard Wednesday: External Monitors
Our "WhiteBoard Wednesday" video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. In this video, I take a few minutes to walk through the specifics of external monitors. Enjoy! Resources External Monitors - The Basics A Brief Introduction to External Application Verification Monitors External Monitor Notebook (wiki) Dig Monitor Example Super HTTP Monitor (not referenced in the video but super cool)272Views0likes0CommentsWhiteBoard Wednesday: Path Check & Performance Monitors
Our "WhiteBoard Wednesday" video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. In this video, I take a few minutes toexplain path check and performance monitors. I also discuss some example use cases where these monitors would be good to use for your web applications. Enjoy!234Views0likes0CommentsWhiteBoard Wednesday: Address, Service, and Content Check Monitors
Our "WhiteBoard Wednesday" video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. In this video, I take a few minutes toexplain the differences among address check, service check, and content check monitors. I also give some examples of when to use these monitors for your web applications. Enjoy!189Views0likes0CommentsWhiteBoard Wednesday: All About Monitors
Our "WhiteBoard Wednesday" video series will highlight really cool and exciting features of the BIG-IP. In this video, I take a few minutes to discuss BIG-IP monitors...what they are, why they are important, and why you need them for your web application. I also spend a little time on the various monitor status indicators so that you will know what they all mean when you are looking at all your monitors. Enjoy!211Views0likes0Comments