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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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OMD[mysite]:~/lib/nagios/plugins$ ./check_http '-u' 'https://www.google.com/' '--ssl' '--onredirect=follow' '-j' 'CONNECT' '--sni' '-p' 'proxy_port' 'myproxyip' 'www.google.com'


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

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OMD[mysite]:~/lib/nagios/plugins$ ./check_http '-u' 'https://www.google.com/' '--ssl' '--onredirect=follow' '-j' 'CONNECT' '--sni' '-p' 'proxy_port' 'myproxyip' 'www.google.com' --verbose


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

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

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    • Address (name / IP or Proxy)  → If you need a proxy to access the domain
    • Virtual host → is necessary if you have multiple domains and one host running
    • How to handle redirect → How to handle redirected pages
    • Regular Expression to expect in content → 
    • HTTP Method → Set to CONNECT if you're using a proxyDisable SSL/TLS hostname extension support (SNI)

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