check_http problems

Jason Martin jhmartin at toger.us
Tue Jul 20 19:38:53 CEST 2004


On Tue, Jul 20, 2004 at 12:16:17PM -0500, Seth Hollist wrote:
> If I use lynx from the Nagios server that I run the check on I'm able to
> access the site just fine.  I'm wondering if check_http doesn't properly
> establish a connection with a sync packet, as the firewall on the web-server
> expects this.
It surely does, otherwise it would not be valid TCP. However Lynx can be configured to honor a proxy server which can explain why it is working.

I don't believe check_http is capable of utilizing a proxy server.

-Jason Martin
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