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HTTPs - Windows Load Balance Poll individual nodes using same URL

I have a reverse web proxy that serves different pages based on url that is requested. I want to poll each node for https://PublicName/VirtualDir1 -> pulls from server 1 then https://PublicName/VirtualDir2 -> pulls from server 2, and it won't work with https://x.x.x.x/VirtualDir1-2

I have setup the monitor, but when I purposefully break the connectivity from one of the proxies to one of urls, the monitor still shows green (the broken node is out of the cluster). To test, I changed my host file so I pull from that node, it does not work; so I know I broke the access on that node, but it doesn't show up red in the monitor. I tried to tell it to use the proxy as https://IP:port, but that didn't work "failed with 'NotAvailable' status Response message formatted incorrectly, receive failed".

Is this possible, or am I out of luck?

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bob55

Hi netlogix,

are you searching for some specific string in the response? Ideally, could you upload screenshot of your monitor settings?

Thanks

netlogix

This is what it looks like, but the URL stays they same for all nodes in the WLBS cluster. the FQDN resolves to the VIP and APM ends up only testing against the VIP and it would just look flaky going up and down depending on which node it hits. Which doesn't give me the info I am looking for; if one node had issues, I don't know which unless, one by one, I remove the node from the cluster or I edit my hosts file to point to a specific node. I tried checking "Use Proxy" and setting the url to https://IP:port, but that failed (I think it did not negotiate the SSL before it asked for the URL).

bob55

I suggest to create multiple monitors for each of your cluster nodes. Is this suitable for you?

netlogix

I have created 4 monitors, each associated with a different node. Each with setting like the one above.

The issue is the I have to use the url with the FQDN to test the sites. The FQDN will always resolve to the VIP. The 4 monitors end up only monitoring the VIP 4 times.

In order for it to work; the monitor would need to bind to https on the IP address of the node, then request the site using the FQDN (like it were a proxy).

This is not happening, Orion is binding to https on the IP the FQDN resolves to, then requests the site using the FQDN.

Am I not making my self clear?

I guess APM can not do this (that is what I thought might be the outcome of this, but I wanted to check before I gave up).