[hobbit] remove sslcert test (included with the https test)

[Dennis Ortsen]

On 3/21/07, Johann Eggers <Johann.Eggers at teleatlas.com> wrote:
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Dennis Ortsen [mailto:dortsen at gmail.com]
> > Sent: Mittwoch, 21. März 2007 11:42
> > To: hobbit at hswn.dk
> > Subject: [hobbit] remove sslcert test (included with the https test)
> >
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I'm setting up Hobbit for the first time (v4.2.0) At the moment we're
> > using Big Sister, but we're looking for something with better
> > performance and ease of use.
> >
> > I have set up some tests on several hosts. One of the checks I'm using
> > is the https check. That all works well, a green smiley is displayed.
> > The neat thing with the https check is that it also checks the
> > expirydate of your SSL certificate (sslcert test). Here's what I'm
> > looking for:
> >
> > I want to remove the sslcert test for a certain number of hosts. We
> > use a traffic manager that holds all the real SSL certificates, we're
> > using a self signed, expired certificate on the hosts in question.
> > Hobbit warns me with a red sslcert status that the certificate has
> > expired. I know I can disable the the test (turns the smiley into a
> > blue one), but that's not what I want.
> >
> > I have als tried to drop the sslcert test (server/bin/bb localhost
> > "drop hostname sslcert") and add the NOCOLUMNS:sslcert tag for the
> > host in question in the bb-hosts file. The NOCOLUMNS tag works for
> > other statusses (white) but when a status is red, I can't seem to
> > remove the sslcert test. It keeps coming back in a short while after I
> > dropped the test with the bb command.
> >
> > Have I overseen something here?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Dennis
> >
> Insert the nosslcert tag to your hosts in bb-hosts
>
> nosslcert
>    Disables the standard check of any SSL certificates for this host. By default, if an SSL-enabled service is tested, a second test result is generated with information about the SSL certificate - this tag disables the SSL certificate checks for the host.
>
> -Johann
>

Is there a particular order in which the https://host.domain.tld and
nosslcert tag need to be placed in bb-hosts? Or do I need to drop the
sslcert tests first with the bb command?


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