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zark
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Joined: Fri Sep 21, 2018 7:04 pm

Help with Check _http

Post by zark »

define service {

use local-service
host_name xxx.xxx.domain.com
service_description HTTP
check_command check_http!-w 5 -c 10 -I 1.1.1.20 -p 8080 -u /Web/Login.do?formAction=startLogin&groupId=181
contact_groups helpdesk
notifications_enabled 1

After a long investigation I figured out there is something wrong with check command, Everything is white on text except check_command is Yellow any Idea what I am doing wrong here?
benjaminsmith
Posts: 5324
Joined: Wed Aug 22, 2018 4:39 pm
Location: saint paul

Re: Help with Check _http

Post by benjaminsmith »

Hi @Zark


It looks like you have a syntax error in the check command. Try this:

check_http -w 5 -c 10 -I 1.1.1.20 -p 8080 -u /Web/Login.do?formAction=startLogin&groupId=181

I would recommend going to /usr/local/nagios/libexec and testing from the command line. Let me know if that works.

Check_http Plugin Documentation:
https://nagios-plugins.org/doc/man/check_http.html
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