The POP3 (Post Office Protocol version 3) health monitor is used to monitor POP services. It will issue LIST command to get messages present in mailbox, after executing CAPA (capabilities) and verifying user using user name and password. On successful completion of these commands, POP3 monitor will mark the server UP, else it will mark the server DOWN.

Configuring POP3 Specific Monitor

Field

Description

Optional/ Mandatory

Username

Mail client username (present under general health monitor configuration under authentication)

Mandatory

Password

Mail client password (present under general health monitor configuration under authentication)

Mandatory

SSL Attributes

Required for POP3S (secure pop3) monitor

Mandatory for POP3S

Note:

Currently POP3/ POP3S Health Monitor settings can be configured only using the CLI.

Configuring POP3 Health Monitor

[admin:avi-controller]: > configure healthmonitor example-basic-pop3-hm
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> type health_monitor_pop3
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> authentication
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:authentication> username user1
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:authentication> password gjgksad
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:authentication> save
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> save

Configuring POP3S Health Monitor

[admin:avi-controller]: > configure healthmonitor example-pop3s-hm
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> type health_monitor_pop3s
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> pop3s_monitor
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:pop3s_monitor> ssl_attributes
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:pop3s_monitor:ssl_attributes> ssl_profile_ref System-Standard
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:pop3s_monitor:ssl_attributes> save
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:pop3s_monitor> save
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> authentication
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:authentication> username user1
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:authentication> password njkhasdkj
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor:authentication> save
[admin:avi-controller]: healthmonitor> save

SSL Configurations for POP3S Health Monitor

The following are the SSL configurations used for POP3S health monitor:

  • Select an existing SSL Profile or create a new one, as required. This defines the ciphers and SSL versions to be used for the health monitor traffic to the backend servers.

  • Select an existing PKI Profile or create a new one, as required. This will be used as to validate the SSL certificate presented by the server.

  • Select an existing SSL Key and Certificate or create a new one, as required.