[Nagiosplug-help] help with check_http + string check

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

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On 25/11/09 01:14 PM, Eric wrote:
> Hello. I would like to use check_http to check a webpage for a certain
> word to see if it's working correctly. If I run check_http from the
> command line, it works fine:
> 
> [root at nagios ~]# check_http -H uranus -u
> "http://uranus/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/main.xts&startwel=yes
> <http://uranus/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/main.xts&startwel=yes>"
> -f follow --string=Query
> HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 2059 bytes in 0.149 second response time
> |time=0.148962s;;;0.000000 size=2059B;;;0
> 
> I know that it's checking the page correctly because if I query for a
> word that isn't on that page I get an error:
> 
> [root at nagios ~]# check_http -H uranus -u
> "http://uranus/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/main.xts&startwel=yes
> <http://uranus/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/main.xts&startwel=yes>"
> -f follow --string=blah
> HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - string not found - 2059 bytes in 0.148
> second response time |time=0.148124s;;;0.000000 size=2059B;;;0
> 
> I have my configuration file for this website configured like this:
> 
> define service{
> use generic-service ; Inherit default values from a template
> host_name uranus
> service_description Check page content for the word password
> check_command check_http! -H uranus -u
> "http://uranus/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/main.xts&startwel=yes
> <http://uranus/cognos8/cgi-bin/cognos.cgi?b_action=xts.run&m=portal/main.xts&startwel=yes>"
> -f follow --string=Query
> }
> 
> I force a check in Nagios and see this in the Nagios logs:
> 
> [1259172769] EXTERNAL COMMAND:
> SCHEDULE_FORCED_HOST_SVC_CHECKS;uranus;1259172769
> [1259172774] SERVICE ALERT: uranus;Check page content for the word
> password;CRITICAL;SOFT;1;HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found - string
> not found - 478 bytes in 0.003 second response time
> 
> I see that it's getting a 404 error. Is it not handling the URL the same
> way in the config file as it does from the command line? What can I do
> to fix this? Thank you..

What is your check_http command definition?

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Thomas
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