F5 Big IP: SSH port status Health Monitor

Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.F5BigIp.SSHPortStatus.1.1 (AggregateMonitor)

This monitor catches Xian events that notifies when the SSH port status has changed its state.

Knowledge Base article:

Summary

SSH port status has changed.

The SSH port status has changed to one of the following states: true, false, and unsupported.

Causes

The port is open(true) when deliberately available for service and closed (false) when restricted. If unsupported, it doesn’t apply.

Resolutions

Verify that the status is the desired state according to your network requirement, considering service availability through the SSH port. If the state is unsopported, reconfiguring secure shell server (sshd) on a BIG-IP Controller.

Additional

Monitors the status of the SSH port.

Element properties:

Target

Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.F5Networks.JsXF5BigIpV46SnmpDeviceElement

Parent Monitor

System.Health.PerformanceState

Algorithm

WorstOf

Category

StateCollection

Enabled

True

Alert Generate

True

Alert Severity

MatchMonitorHealth

Alert Priority

Low

Alert Auto Resolve

True

Remotable

True

Accessibility

Public

Alert Message

SSH port status Alert

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Source Code:

<AggregateMonitor ID="Jalasoft.Xian.SmartManagementPacks.F5BigIp.SSHPortStatus.1.1" Accessibility="Public" Enabled="true" Target="ThirdParty_F5Networks!Jalasoft.Xian.Common.Elements.ThirdParty.F5Networks.JsXF5BigIpV46SnmpDeviceElement" ParentMonitorID="SystemHealth!System.Health.PerformanceState" Remotable="true" Priority="Normal">

  <Category>StateCollection</Category>

  <AlertSettings AlertMessage="SSHPortStatus_AlertMessage">

    <AlertOnState>Warning</AlertOnState>

    <AutoResolve>true</AutoResolve>

    <AlertPriority>Low</AlertPriority>

    <AlertSeverity>MatchMonitorHealth</AlertSeverity>

    <AlertParameters>

      <AlertParameter1>$Data/Context/Params/Param[3]$</AlertParameter1>

    </AlertParameters>

  </AlertSettings>

  <Algorithm>WorstOf</Algorithm>

</AggregateMonitor>