Nagios 'check_http' plugin '--no-body' question

[espressobeanies]

Just had a question about the Nagios 'check_http --no-body' option: Is it just limited to HTTP headers or does this include HTML tags like the <title> of a webpage?

[scottwilkerson]

It is it just limited to HTTP headers

[espressobeanies]

Scott, thanks for the reply. The reason I'm asking this is that I have Nagios checking the uptime status of a 404 error page and with the existence of the '--no-body' option, I'm still seeing the HTTP/1.1 response display a "404 Not Found" message even though it should just be checking the HTTP headers only.

[ssax]

Please try using the -j HEAD option instead of --no-body:

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-j, --method=STRING  (for example: HEAD, OPTIONS, TRACE, PUT, DELETE, CONNECT)
    Set HTTP method.
-N, --no-body
    Don't wait for document body: stop reading after headers.
    (Note that this still does an HTTP GET or POST, not a HEAD.)