SSL Website checks

[intelXIadmin]

Hello,

I have to monitor some websites using SSL with different ports (not 443). I am using the Monitor a Website Wizard, and I can see it has a port address which is good. Our IT group tells me I have to use a certificate. Are there instructions for installing an SSL pem format cert? Is this a standard Linux question?

Thanks for your patience. I haven't done these things in Linux yet.

Nagios XI 2012.R1.8
Redhat 6.4

[sreinhardt]

I would highly suggest looking at the check_http plugin help. You can the plugin as it is to check ssl and tls connections, however it doesn't really provide a way to add a client certificate and use that for authentication that I know of. However you can specify SSL version and date checking on the certificate server side.

[intelXIadmin]

Thank you. I read the doc and am easily able to monitor any port using an ssl connection. But the cert is an issue, as I will need to use a client cert for authentication. But you believe this just isn't possible?

Regards,

Randy.

I would highly suggest looking at the check_http plugin help. You can the plugin as it is to check ssl and tls connections, however it doesn't really provide a way to add a client certificate and use that for authentication that I know of. However you can specify SSL version and date checking on the certificate server side.

[lmiltchev]

I am not sure if this is possible. We don't have this scenario documented (or tested).

[intelXIadmin]

I found the answer in the check_https doc. You have to use the -s option.

Regards,

Randy.