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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Hi,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I am trying to get the check_http plug-in to work, so I can check a proxy server.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>The command I try to use is: </FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>./check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -u <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.yahoo.com</A> -e HTTP/1.1 200</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Though the command works fine from the bash shell on RH 9 under the nagios user account, it doesn't work through the scripts...</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>When executing from the shell I get a HTTP Ok response, from the scripts it returns a HTTP CRITICAL.</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>I am using nagios-1.1 and nagios-plugins-1.3.1 (check_http (1.24.2.4) from SourceForge...</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My hunch is that the // in the URL are not taken literal but are being interpreted by nagios. Anyone any ideas, or a possible workaround? I have already tried using \ as escape char, using %47%47, creating a macro in resources.cfg, double quoting the URL, and passing it from services to a $ARG1$ macro in my check_command, and combinations of these. Nothing worked so far..</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=2>Ideas anyone???</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Thanks,</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Danny</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>My files look as follows:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>checkcommands.cfg:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>define command{</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> command_name check_http_proxy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> command_line $USER1$/check_http -I $HOSTADDRESS$ -u <A HREF="http://www.yahoo.com" TARGET="_blank">http://www.yahoo.com</A> -e HTTP/1.1 200</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> }</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>services.cfg:</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>define service {</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>name generic-service-template</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>active_checks_enabled 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>passive_checks_enabled 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>parallelize_check 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>obsess_over_service 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>check_freshness 0 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>notifications_enabled 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>event_handler_enabled 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>flap_detection_enabled 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>process_perf_data 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>retain_status_information 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>retain_nonstatus_information 1 </FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>max_check_attempts 3</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>normal_check_interval 5</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>retry_check_interval 2</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>check_period 24x7</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>notification_interval 240</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>notification_period 24x7</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>notification_options w,c</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>register 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2>}</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>define service {</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> name http-proxy-template</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> service_description HTTP Proxy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> check_command check_http_proxy</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> use generic-service-template</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> register 0</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> }</FONT>
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<P><FONT SIZE=2>define service {</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> hostgroup_name proxy-srv</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> contact_groups admin-group</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> use http-proxy-template</FONT>
<BR><FONT SIZE=2> }</FONT>
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