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Hi
I have a question regarding the http and https check along with cert expiry.I wanted to be get notice when the port 80/443 goes down or cert expired for xyz.com
I used the check_http plugin to obtain the result

On nagios server i defined:
define service {
use generic-service
hosts abc
service_description HTTP Server Check
check_command check_http
}

define service {
use generic-service
host_name abc
service_description HTTPS Check
check_command check_nrpe_1arg!check_cert
}


on remote server (abc) where i need to check the port 80 and 443:
nrpe_local file:
command [check_cert]=/usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http --ssl -I xyz.com -C 30



Ouptuts from Nagios GUI:
HTTP Server Check
OK 07-25-2012 16:38:48 0d 2h 39m 54s 1/3 HTTP OK - HTTP/1.1 302 Found - 0.001 second response time

HTTPS Check
OK 07-25-2012 16:39:49 0d 0h 23m 47s 1/3 OK - Certificate will expire on 09/22/2013 15:01.

Questions:
1.
Will my current service description for http check the port 80 on abc and report when down ?
2.
Will my current service description for https check the port 443 on abc and report when down and also give the cert expiry for xyz.com ?

Yes, I believe your understanding is accurate and that your service checks will do what you want.

I was not sure of the fact that whether I need to use check_nrpe to check the http port on the remote server,Something like the one defined below.(I have defined as just check_http)
Can you please confirm on this?
Also I wanted to know if the status would change to critical if the https port is down even though the cert would be valid?
"OK 07-25-2012 16:39:49 0d 0h 23m 47s 1/3 OK - Certificate will expire on 09/22/2013 15:01. "

define service {
use generic-service
hosts abc
service_description HTTP Server Check
check_command check_nrpe_1arg!check_http
}

NRPE is not required here, but it will work. Also, if the port is down the service should show critical even if the certificate is valid.