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allowed responses. The URL is truncated to 255 bytes (to be a string of at most 256 bytes
with a terminating null). The response from the server must fit in 4k, including all non-
display tag and headers etc. This custom CGI code must complete within 15 seconds or the
server is considered dead. The custom defined service also allows for CGI code responses
that allow the server to change its own weight and announce such change to a remote syslog
daemon. Please see Appendix E for a sample code and a list of allowed responses.
TCP Port for Custom Service Check:
By default, the WebMux will do its custom service check on port 80 no matter what port you
set up for the farm. If you wish to change this, you can specify a port here. This is a global
setting and will be used for all farms using the custom health check service.
To modify the HTTP respond code:
HTTP Check Management:
By default, HTTP server return code 200 indicating successful result. Sometimes a different
return code or a group of numbers are disirable. User can modify the valid HTTP return code
in this screen.