Hi Rob, try
/usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http -H relibase.ebi.ac.uk HTTP OK HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 419 bytes in 0.198 seconds |time=0.198169s;;;0.000000 size=419B;;;0 kind regards, Dennis On Thu, 04 Oct 2007 14:30:20 +0100, Robert Hulme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am trying to use the check_http plugin in Nagios 3 to see if > relibase.ebi.ac.uk is OK. > > When I call it from the command prompt I get this: > trueman% /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http relibase > HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > trueman% /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http relibase.ebi.ac.uk > HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > trueman% /usr/local/nagios/libexec/check_http relibase.ebi.ac.uk. > HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found > > However if I access relibase in Firefox (or with wget) the index page is > returned normally. > > A little digging later has revealed that there are two relibases: > > trueman% dig relibase > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> relibase > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: SERVFAIL, id: 12743 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;relibase. IN A > > ;; Query time: 0 msec > ;; SERVER: 172.22.2.11#53(172.22.2.11) > ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 4 14:24:29 2007 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 26 > > trueman% dig relibase.ebi.ac.uk > > ; <<>> DiG 9.3.4 <<>> relibase.ebi.ac.uk > ;; global options: printcmd > ;; Got answer: > ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 28374 > ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 2, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0 > > ;; QUESTION SECTION: > ;relibase.ebi.ac.uk. IN A > > ;; ANSWER SECTION: > relibase.ebi.ac.uk. 454 IN CNAME www4.ebi.ac.uk. > www4.ebi.ac.uk. 2612 IN A 193.62.197.14 > > ;; Query time: 0 msec > ;; SERVER: 172.22.2.11#53(172.22.2.11) > ;; WHEN: Thu Oct 4 14:24:31 2007 > ;; MSG SIZE rcvd: 71 > > Is there a way to force check_http to use the correct one? It seems to > be resolving the first one rather than the second one. > > If I try to access "http://relibase/" from my desktop I get "The web > server you are trying to contact has closed down. For further > information, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]" which is not what I get > if I access "http://relibase.ebi.ac.uk/". > > I'm going to try to get the systems deparment here to fix this so that > both queries, but is there a work around? (other than using www4 or the > IP directly). > > Thanks > -Rob > > -- > Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are > stupider than that. > -- George Carlin > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > Nagios-users mailing list > Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users > ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when > reporting any issue. > ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null -- kind regards, Dennis H?nseler ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Nagios-users mailing list Nagios-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/nagios-users ::: Please include Nagios version, plugin version (-v) and OS when reporting any issue. ::: Messages without supporting info will risk being sent to /dev/null