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NSX Load Balancer not working with IIS Host header Binding


I'm trying to setup the monitor pages on a VMWare NSX load balancer. The issue is that we are pointing at 2 IIS nodes that are using host header binding and the Service Monitor can't access the monitor pages.

I have configured an F5 load balancer to do the same thing and we were able to specify a send string that contains the host name so it new which website to point at but I can't seem to get the NSX load balancer to send the host name with the request.

Anyone know how to do this?


Solution

  • SOLVED

    I ended up figuring it out myself. There is a way for you to pass the Host header information with the NSX load balancer service monitors.

    The NSX Service Monitor config is as follows:

    Type: HTTPS
    Expected: 200
    Method: GET
    URL: /monitor.html HTTP/1.1\r\nHost:bla.yourcompany.com