RESOLVED: How can use complex password in check_http for url

[baber]

I am using check_http to check url . It is working while I have a simple password for authentication but cannot work with strong password that include !@#$%


/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a john:555!@BabP



user=john
pass=555!@BabP

but it is working while remove !@ from password . how can solve it ?

[jsimon]

Hi @baber,

I am curious what errors you're seeing when you try this. My first thought is to try quote wrapping the parameter after the -a flag, so:

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a 'john:555!@BabP'

You may need to escape the characters if this doesn't work. I found some more info in an older thread: viewtopic.php?t=39561

From this it looks like you may need to escape problematic characters variously with either a leading '\' character or by quote wrapping the problematic character. I would also try this:

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/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a john:555\!"@"BabP

Note that I put a \ before the ! and quote wrapped the @ character. I would suggest playing around with this and seeing if you can get it working from here. Let us know how it goes!

[baber]

so thanks now when I am running

/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a 'john:555!@BabP

on nagios it is working but when add it to check_command on nagios server for that host

check_command check_nrpe!check_http!' -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a 'john:555\!"@"BabP'

it is showing :

CHECK_NRPE: Received 0 bytes from daemon. Check the remote server logs for error messages.

on nagios

[baber]

Can anyone help me to solve the issue ?

[jsimon]

It looks like your second command has two check commands back to back:

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check_command check_nrpe!check_http!' -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a 'john:555\!"@"BabP'

Try removing the "check_nrpe!"

[ssunga]

If that doesn't work, seeing logs from NRPE might help (i believe it usually writes to /var/log/messages).

[baber]

It looks like your second command has two check commands back to back:

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check_command check_nrpe!check_http!' -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all -a 'john:555\!"@"BabP'

Try removing the "check_nrpe!"

Thanks but we cannot remove check_nrpe

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define service{
        use                     local-service
        host_name               subs
        service_description     mebp
        servicegroups           OD
        check_command           check_nrpe!check_http!' -H myurl.com -w 5 -c 10 -p 8980 -u /me/api/test/all  -a john:555\!"@"BabP'
}

We are using this syntax for all commands

[baber]

Would you please help me

[baber]

It is showing follow error in /var/log/message on remote server

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 nrpe[13277]: Error: Request contained illegal metachars!
Jul  6 13:07:37 serverA nrpe[13277]: Client request was invalid, bailing out...
Jul  6 13:07:44 serverA nrpe[13307]: Error: Request contained illegal metachars!
Jul  6 13:07:44 serverA nrpe[13307]: Client request was invalid, bailing out...

[baber]

Would you please help me about it ?