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Seckin_149390
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Jun 12, 2014

Custom FTP Monitor

Hi all,

 

I want to create passive ftp load balancing on F5, but there is a problem about it.

 

If i create a custom monitor associated with ftp pool, monitor status is down and no traffic to the pool member. But i changed the health monitor to default tcp, pool & VIP are up and process the traffic.

 

Do you have any idea about why custom ftp monitor is not working ?

 

Regards. These are the custom ftp monitor settings ;

 

Name My_Ftp_Monitor Partition / Path Common Description Type FTP Parent Monitor ftp Configuration: Interval seconds Up Interval Time Until Up seconds Timeout seconds Manual Resume Yes No User Name Password Path / Filename Mode Alias Address * All Addresses Alias Service Port * All Ports Debug

 

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  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Kevin_Davies_40
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    Jun 12, 2014

    You need to specify a path and filename.

     

    The FTP monitor downloads the file to test the server is working.

     

  • Seckin_149390's avatar
    Seckin_149390
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    Jun 12, 2014

    Could give me an example about this ?

     

    for example, my username is F5 and its password 123456Wq.

     

    Regards.

     

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    Kevin_Davies_40
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    Jun 12, 2014

    The option Path / Filename must contain a file on your server the F5 can download. If its in a subdirectory then you must include that as well.

     

    Just specify a very small file for it to download.

     

  • Seckin_149390's avatar
    Seckin_149390
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    Jun 12, 2014

    Hi,

     

    As i understand, my path must be like this, \192.168.1.58\ftp\F5\test.txt or only test.txt ?

     

    Regards.

     

  • Kevin_Davies_40's avatar
    Kevin_Davies_40
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    Jun 12, 2014

    No no... the path should be unix style without the host pieces.

    If the directory is ftp/F5 and the file is test.txt then you should use 

    /ftp/F5/test.txt

    You should be able to test this yourself by logging into the FTP server and then 

    cd /ftp/F5
get test.txt
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      Kevin_Davies_40
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      Jun 12, 2014
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    Seckin_149390
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    Jun 12, 2014

    Thanks again,

     

    Only test.txt it works for the Path option on the ftp customer monitor.

     

    Regards.