Nagios HTTP monitoring

Jerad Riggin jriggin at gmail.com
Fri Jun 22 20:45:36 CEST 2007


It's still giving me an unauthorized message.  I've verified the credentials
work for me to get in through a browser.  Is there something else I could be
missing?

On 6/22/07, GJP <gjp at gpnet.nl> wrote:
>
> Jerad,
>
> No entirely, because you feed the arguments to the actual command with
> $ARGn$
>
> So in de service definition:
>
> check_http!site.com!5!admin:password
>
> And the command_line format in command definition (probably
> in: /etc/nagios-plugins/config/http.cfg) should be:
>
> command_line    /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H $ARG1$ -t $ARG2$ -a
> $ARG3$
>
> Be carefull with that "-t 5" btw. That is a very low value to timeout.
>
> Hope it helps.
>
> Regards,
>
> Gerard.
>
> On Friday 22 June 2007 19:17:29 Jerad Riggin wrote:
> > So check_http!-H site.com -t 5 -a admin:password
> >
> > should be
> >
> > check_http!-H site.com!-t 5!-a admin:password?
> >
> > On 6/22/07, GJP <gjp at gpnet.nl> wrote:
> > > Jerad,
> > >
> > > I didn't understand that either. That's why I customized the the
> > > check_http
> > > command definition. That way (in my previous example) you can have
> your
> > > http
> > > checks from any Nagios client. Usefull for instance for  off-site
> checks.
> > >
> > > Regarding the -a switch. The -a $ARG1$ (or whatever) should be in your
> > > command
> > > definition. And your parms as you 'feed' them to the command in your
> > > service
> > > definition seperated with "!".
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > > Gerard.
> > >
> > > On Friday 22 June 2007 16:59:30 Jerad Riggin wrote:
> > > > If I change the hosts.cfg from the IP of the server (10.10.10.7) to
> the
> > >
> > > URL
> > >
> > > > I'm specifying in services.cfg, it works fine.  The default site for
> > > > 10.10.10.7 is a CRM site which requires basic auth.  So even though
> i'm
> > > > specifying a URL in services.cfg, it looks like it's be overridden
> by
> > >
> > > the
> > >
> > > > hosts.cfg so it can't auth.  What is the point of the -H switch in
> > > > services.cfg if it always uses the IP for the host in hosts.cfg?  I
> > >
> > > tried
> > >
> > > > that format (-a admin:password) at the end of the check in
> > > > services.cfgbut it still failed with unauthorized.
> > > >
> > > > On 6/22/07, Marc Powell <marc at ena.com> wrote:
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: nagios-users-bounces at lists.sourceforge.net [mailto:
> > >
> > > nagios-users-
> > >
> > > > > > bounces at lists.sourceforge.net] On Behalf Of Jerad Riggin
> > > > > > Sent: Friday, June 22, 2007 8:41 AM
> > > > > > To: GJP
> > > > > > Cc: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] Nagios HTTP monitoring
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a check_http command that works perfectly at the command
> > >
> > > prompt
> > >
> > > > > > ./check_http -H lagarde -t 5 -s "LaGarde Intranet site"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > However in nagios, check_http!-H lagarde -t 5 -s "LaGarde
> Intranet
> > > > >
> > > > > site"
> > > > >
> > > > > > still returns an unauthorized.  So basically why would it work
> in a
> > > > > > command prompt but not in nagios?
> > > > >
> > > > > Perhaps some difference in environment? Did you test as the nagios
> > >
> > > user?
> > >
> > > > > Is that the _exact_ way it's defined in the config?
> > > > >
> > > > > > And what is the syntax for the -a
> > > > > > (basic auth) switch?  Thanks again for everyones help.
> > > > >
> > > > > -a username:password.
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Marc
> > >
> > >
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