LTM Node Monitor configuration [case 00487862]

[wncocz]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

We need to be able to configure monitors at the LTM node level, but that does not appear to be available in AS3.

Describe the solution you'd like

Perhaps something like this:

"icmp_30sec": {
  "class": "Monitor",
  "monitorType": "icmp",
  "interval": 30,
  "timeout": 91
},
"pool_1": {
  "class": "Pool",
  "members": [
    {
      "servicePort": 2345,
      "serverAddresses": [
        "10.10.10.11"
      ],
      "nodeMonitor" { "bigip": "/Common/icmp" }
    },
    {
      "servicePort": 2345,
      "serverAddresses": [
        "10.10.10.12",
        "10.10.10.13"
      ],
      "nodeMonitor": { "use": "icmp_30sec" }
    }
  ]

Describe alternatives you've considered

We could create nodes in /Common manually and reference them in our declaration. We could use "shareNodes": true and manually set the monitor on the nodes in /Common. We could set ltm detault-node-monitor, but that does not allow for customization of monitors on specific nodes.

None of these are desirable.

[ghost]

Keep in mind that by assigning node monitors to shared nodes, you may be inadvertently affecting another user's application. If you created an ICMP monitor for a node and a network admin blocked ICMP, it would take down all applications on that node even though app health is good.

[wncocz]

Keep in mind that by assigning node monitors to shared nodes, you may be inadvertently affecting another user's application. If you created an ICMP monitor for a node and a network admin blocked ICMP, it would take down all applications on that node even though app health is good.

Yep, another reason to implement this Feature!

[sunitharonan]

AUTOTOOL-4308 has been created and added to our internal product backlog.