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This plugin tests the HTTP service on the specified host. It can test normal (HTTP) and secure (HTTPS) servers, follow redirects, search for strings and regular expressions, check connection times, and report on certificate expiration times.

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Step-by-step guide

1. Configure the Check

   1. Setup → Services → HTTP, TCP, Email, ... → Check  → Check HTTP service
      
      

2. Some important options
   • Virtual host → is necessary if you have multiple domains and one host running
   • Use
   proxy →
   • proxy → If you need a proxy to access the domain
   • How to handle
   redirect →
   • redirect → How to handle redirected pages
   • HTTP
   Method →
   • Method → Set to CONNECT if you're using a proxy

   • Disable SNI
     
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Debugging

Execute the active Check manually

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OMD[cme2]:~/lib/nagios/plugins$ ./check_http '-u' 'https://www.google.de/' '--ssl' '--onredirect=follow' '-j' 'CONNECT' '--sni' '-p' '3128' '173.212.220.96' 'www.google.de'

For a detailed log, you can use --verbose at the end of the command:

OMD[cme2]:~/lib/nagios/plugins$ ./check_http '-u' 'https://www.google.de/' '--ssl' '--onredirect=follow' '-j' 'CONNECT' '--sni' '-p' '3128' '173.212.220.96' 'www.google.de' --verbose

For more information, you can use --help command flag.

OMD[cme2]:~/lib/nagios/plugins$ ./check_http --help

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