[Xymon] Monitoring HTTPS sites

[Novosielski, Ryan]

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Yeah, you're right, I just tried and mine mentions the SSL libraries.

On 12/19/2012 04:10 PM, Jewel Makda wrote:
> I know I don't have any issues with blocked ports or anything.  I
> think the SSL Libraries are still not configured.  When I run
> (xymonnet --version) it still only shows my xymon version and no
> SSL libraries. I installed openssl and libssl-dev
> 
> I am not sure what path to include when I run the
> ./configure.server command.
> 
> When do I run the make clean?
> 
> Jewel
> 
> On 12/19/2012 2:58 PM, Tim McCloskey wrote:
>> The first thing that came to mind when I saw your re-compile
>> message is that you did not run 'make clean' prior to adding
>> those new options.
>> 
>> That said, it sounds like you did get ssl working... If ssl is
>> working now (xymonnet --version shows the ssl libraries, etc)
>> then I would have a look at any network or server firewalls/acls
>> that prevent your xymon server from --> yourclient:tcp 443.
>> 
>> If you don't know about any rules you can try to telnet to port
>> 443 on the client from your xymon server.  There are also some
>> certificate options that you may need to sort out once you can
>> speak to the remote on 443.
>> 
>> 
>> Tim
>> 
>> 
>> ________________________________________ From:
>> xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com] on behalf of
>> Jewel Makda [jewel.brueggeman-makda at washburn.edu] Sent:
>> Wednesday, December 19, 2012 12:30 PM To: Novosielski, Ryan Cc:
>> xymon at xymon.com Subject: Re: [Xymon] Monitoring HTTPS sites
>> 
>> Sorry.  What I mean is the status turns "red" and says "Server
>> timeout." I am not sure is there are any logs which will help me
>> determine what I am missing.
>> 
>> Jewel
>> 
>> On 12/19/2012 2:28 PM, Novosielski, Ryan wrote:
> "It fails" is not particularly specific.
> 
> On 12/19/2012 03:14 PM, Jewel Makda wrote:
>>>>> I am runnng Ubuntu 11.04. I ran: sudo apt-get install
>>>>> libssl-dev I also reran configure using the following
>>>>> command: sudo ./configure.server --pcreinclude /usr/inlcude
>>>>> --pcrelib /usr/lib --sslinclude /usr/include --ssllib
>>>>> /usr/include
>>>>> 
>>>>> It found the SSL libraries and asked if I want to enable
>>>>> SSL and I said yes.  I then ran Make and Make Install
>>>>> successfully. I then restarted Apache and Xymon but it
>>>>> still fails when I ask it to monitor a website using
>>>>> https.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Jewel
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 12/19/2012 1:33 PM, Tim McCloskey wrote:
>>>>>> Jewel,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> What version of linux are you running?  The openssl-devel
>>>>>> package mentioned by Paul contains the files that are
>>>>>> often missing when people run into this sort of issue.
>>>>>> The same thing happens when people don't install the
>>>>>> various 'devel' packages.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Regards, Tim ________________________________________
>>>>>> From: xymon-bounces at xymon.com [xymon-bounces at xymon.com]
>>>>>> on behalf of Root, Paul [Paul.Root at CenturyLink.com] Sent:
>>>>>> Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:24 AM To: 'Jewel Makda'
>>>>>> Cc: 'xymon at xymon.com' Subject: Re: [Xymon] Monitoring
>>>>>> HTTPS sites
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Never leave the mailing list. Always reply all.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Yes, that is different.  We're talking Linux here. You
>>>>>> don't specify, so we on the list are forced to guess.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The openssl Linux package is just the executable. You
>>>>>> need header files, etc. to be able to compile things to
>>>>>> use it.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From: Jewel Makda 
>>>>>> [mailto:jewel.brueggeman-makda at washburn.edu] Sent:
>>>>>> Wednesday, December 19, 2012 1:12 PM To: Root, Paul
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [Xymon] Monitoring HTTPS sites
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I do have OpenSSL version 1.0.1 installed. Is this
>>>>>> different?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Jewel
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 12/19/2012 11:59 AM, Root, Paul wrote:
>>>>>>> You need openssl-devel installed. You may need to
>>>>>>> recompile or reinstall Xymon after you add it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- From:
>>>>>>> xymon-bounces at xymon.com 
>>>>>>> [mailto:xymon-bounces at xymon.com] On Behalf Of Jewel
>>>>>>> Makda Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2012 11:24 AM To:
>>>>>>> xymon at xymon.com Subject: [Xymon] Monitoring HTTPS
>>>>>>> sites
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I am running version 4.3.5 When I run xymonnet
>>>>>>> --version I don't get any SSL libraries - just my
>>>>>>> version. I would like to be able to monitor some https
>>>>>>> sites but when I add the urls to the hosts.cfg file it
>>>>>>> fails.  I am running the web console for my Xymon
>>>>>>> server over https.  I am a newbie to linux so responses
>>>>>>> could be dummied down it would be greatly appreciated.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Thanks in advance, -- Jewel 
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