[Nagiosplug-help] check_http returns "forbidden" but page is accessible from browser

[Subhendu Ghosh]

At least on redhat - Apache's welcome.conf is used to redirect a 403 error 
when there are no index pages at the root URL to the "test page"

ie - test page is retured on a 403 error - not ok 200.

-sg

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Kevin Hanser wrote:

> Hmm, seems I've answered my own question as soon as I posted to the
> list.
>
> Apparently is is the apache test page that's causing issues.  I created
> an actual index.html for the server with one line of text in it, and now
> check_http is working.
>
> Does anyone know why the apache test page doesn't work for nagios
> monitoring?  I'm thinking it's something to do w/the way that apache
> does the test page, since it's not actually in the /var/www/html
> directory but someplace else...
>
> interesting..
>
> k
>
> On Thu, 2005-08-11 at 15:16 -0400, Kevin Hanser wrote:
>> I'm stumped by the behaviour I'm getting from check_http on certain
>> servers.  I have check_http configured on multiple servers and it's
>> working fine.
>>
>> However, on certain servers, I get "access forbidden" when I use the
>> check_http plugin/command.  If I go to the server in my web browser from
>> the nagios machine I can get to the page fine though... so I don't
>> understand why check_http is getting forbidden....
>>
>> Also, if I telnet to port 80 on one of these machines and type "GET", I
>> get the page no problem... only check_http is giving me the "access
>> forbidden"... any idea why?
>>
>> One other thing to mention: the server I'm trying to monitor doesn't
>> have a real main page, just the apache test page.  It has a virtual host
>> running on a diff hostname, but when you access it by IP address, you
>> get the apache test page.  Could that be causing some issues?
>>
>> thx!
>>
>> k
>>
>>
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