<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)"> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="City"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name="place"/>  <style>  </style> </head> <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple> <div class=Section1> I am running the command as you suggested but it seems like there is something missing; what am I doing wrong?<o:p></o:p> All commans are run from /usr/lib/nagios/plugins directory;<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H xxxxx -u /sample/test.html -p 80 –a user:password -s TAPE<o:p></o:p> Response: <o:p></o:p> HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 0.018 second response time |time=0.018116s;;;0.000000 size=3648B;;;0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Now I run it with negate as you suggested:<o:p></o:p> ./negate /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H xxxxx -u /sample/test.html -p 80 –a user:password -s TAPE<o:p></o:p> HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 0.006 second response time |time=0.006001s;;;0.000000 size=3648B;;;0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Now I change the string to something which doesn’t exist:<o:p></o:p> /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H xxxxx -u /sample/test.html -p 80 –a user:password –s Testing<o:p></o:p> HTTP CRITICAL - string not found|time=0.012479s;;;0.000000 size=3648B;;;0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ./negate /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H xxxxx -u /sample/test.html -p 80 –a user:password -s Testing<o:p></o:p> HTTP CRITICAL - string not found|time=0.005779s;;;0.000000 size=3648B;;;0<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Any help is appreciated!<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Masoud<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> -----Original Message----- From: Marc Powell [mailto:marc@ena.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 6:43 PM To: Nagios User list Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_http and regular expressions <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On Aug 26, 2009, at 3:20 PM, Masoud Tabrizi wrote:<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ><o:p> </o:p> > Perhaps I was not clear the first time around:<o:p></o:p> > Here is what I want to do:<o:p></o:p> > Search for the string ERROR<o:p></o:p> > If not found -> return OK<o:p></o:p> > Else -> return NOK<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Yes, you were clear and I understood. The solution I provided does <o:p></o:p> that. I did the *exact* same thing just today, authentication and <o:p></o:p> everything.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> --<o:p></o:p> Marc<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> <o:p> </o:p> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Crystal</st1:place></st1:City> Reports 2008 30-Day <o:p></o:p> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on <o:p></o:p> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with <o:p></o:p> <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Crystal</st1:place></st1:City> Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july<o:p></o:p> _______________________________________________<o:p></o:p> Nagios-users mailing list<o:p></o:p> Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net<o:p></o:p> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users<o:p></o:p> ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. <o:p></o:p> ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html>