CirrostratusHealth monitor with login check and content length
I found SOL : https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K1033?sr=58157087
It says:
To create an HTTP 1.1 post, use the following syntax:
POST /MyApp.cgi HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: host.domain.com\r\nConnection: Close\r\nContent-Length: 10\r\nAuthorization: Basic <string>\r\n\r\0123456789
In this syntax, note the following: <string> is the output from step 1
For example:
POST /MyApp.cgi HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: host.domain.com\r\nConnection: Close\r\nContent-Length: 10\r\nAuthorization: Basic ZjU6ZjVwYXNzd2Q=\r\n\r\0123456789
In these examples, your content length of 10 would match the length of your message body, which in this example is 0123456789.
You do not need to specify a user name and password in the monitor configuration when performing this workaround.
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What exactly is the last message body part? Why is it required and what value do we need to use there?
Is it just some placeholder to simulate a real request?
Hello David.
It's just an example, POST request usually includes a payload message which could be required by the server. As far as I know, POST wo/payload is perfectly RFC compliant, so it depends of your backend server.
BTW, there is a mistake in the example:
"...Authorization: Basic ZjU6ZjVwYXNzd2Q=\r\n\r\n0123456789"
KR,
Dario.
