[Nagiosplug-help] check_http 500 error

[Thomas Guyot-Sionnest]

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On 11-01-21 10:46 AM, Javier D'Ovidio wrote:
> Hello All:
> This is my first post to this mailing list so be nice with me :P I'm
> facing a few issues with the check_http plugin. I'm checking an apache
> on a host using check_http. Looking at the Nagios CGI I can see the
> service in a CRITICAL state with the following information:
> 
> Status Information:HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error -
> 720 bytes in 0.201 second response time
> Performance Data:time=0.201368s;3.000000;5.000000;0.000000 size=720B;;;0
> 
> 
> Now, when I run the check_http on the command line, I get a different answer:
> 
> ./check_http -H myhost.mydomain.net
> HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 279 bytes in 0.002 second response time
> |time=0.001871s;;;0.000000 size=279B;;;0
> 
> This is my command definition:
> 
> define command{
>         command_name    check_site_http
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$ -w 5 -c 7 -t 8
>         }
> 
> 
> As you can see, its very simple. Did anyone seen something like this
> in the past? I have no idea why this might be happening

$HOSTADDRESS$ is usually the IP-address of the server in Nagios. The
general ways of using check_http are:

1. -H <vhost> -I <ip_addr>

where vhost is the hostname generally used to access the server and -I
is the server's IP, This is one way one can test an individual server in
a pool of load-balancer servers.

2. -H <hostname>

Where hostname is the server to test - it will be resolver to an ip
address and check_http will connect to that IP.


If #1 is unclear you should read about http name-based virtual hosting.


You can also read more about check_http's usage with check_http --help.

Thanks

- -- 
Thomas
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