http test don't care about the authentication
I'm helping some guys bringing up a new xymon server and have a few issues. 4.3.28
One that I don't get is an http test.
The server in question requires a login on the first page (ldap).
All they care is that the web page is up, they are not looking to login.
The old server, a prehistoric 4.x.1x something still hobbit, doesn't care, it just sends all good.
Is there a way to have 4.3.28 just say the server is up but not try to login?
Thanks, Paul.
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Change to the httpstatus test.
httpstatus[=COLUMN];URL;okstatusexpr;notokstatusexpr
"This is used to explicitly test for certain HTTP statuscodes returned when the URL is requested. The okstatusexpr and nokokstatusexpr expressions are Perl-compatible regular expressions, e.g. "2..|302" will match all OK codes and the redirect (302) status code. If the URL cannot be retrieved, the status is "999"."
List '401' as an accepted return code. If you want to make sure it won't return any data without authentication, list all others as unacceptable.
Do things because you should, not just because you can.John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
On 5/2/2018 10:57 AM, Root, Paul T wrote:
All they care is that the web page is up, they are not looking to login.
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On 5/2/2018 1:29 PM, Kris Springer wrote:
Anyone know why I can run a curl test from the Xymon server command line and get a '200 OK' status, but when I add the same httpstatus test into the hosts.cfg it returns a '404'?
There must be some difference in the request received by the webserver. Maybe curl does something with the request that Xymon isn't doing, perhaps adding a / character at the end of the URL.
Check the webserver log to see how the requests are different. Adjust your xymon config accordingly.
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Thanks, Shawn
Thanks.
-----Original Message----- From: Xymon <xymon-bounces at xymon.com> On Behalf Of John Thurston Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2018 2:05 PM To: xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] http test don't care about the authentication
Change to the httpstatus test.
httpstatus[=COLUMN];URL;okstatusexpr;notokstatusexpr
"This is used to explicitly test for certain HTTP statuscodes returned when the URL is requested. The okstatusexpr and nokokstatusexpr expressions are Perl-compatible regular expressions, e.g. "2..|302" will match all OK codes and the redirect (302) status code. If the URL cannot be retrieved, the status is "999"."
List '401' as an accepted return code. If you want to make sure it won't return any data without authentication, list all others as unacceptable.
Do things because you should, not just because you can.John Thurston 907-465-8591 John.Thurston at alaska.gov Department of Administration State of Alaska
On 5/2/2018 10:57 AM, Root, Paul T wrote:
All they care is that the web page is up, they are not looking to login.
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