[Xymon] Monitoring https pages

[Kris Springer]

Does your Xymon Server actually know what the 'printspooler' name 
resolves to?  I'd back up a bit and run a ping test from your Xymon 
Server to your Printspooler Server and make sure something is happening 
successfully.  Then run nmap from Xymon to Printspooler to make sure 
it's answering on your desired port.  There's been a few instances on my 
stuff that I've had to statically enter an IP and hostname into my 
/etc/hosts file on my Xymon Server so it will correctly resolve 
something local that it couldn't find on it's own.

I also use the 'noconn' flag on a lot of my stuff so it doesn't try to 
resolve my custom host names to any IP unless I specifically want it 
to.  Here's a sample of some of my working host lines.  Maybe it will 
help you.

0.0.0.0         test.response.myurl.gov-healthcheck          # noconn 
https://test.response.myurl.gov/test/rest/info/healthCheck?f=pjson 
cont;https://test.response.myurl.gov/test/rest/info/healthCheck?f=pjson;true

192.168.50.22   QB-Sharepoint                  # noconn 
httpstatus;http://matrix:9090;401;


Kris Springer


On 11/22/22 8:22 AM, Nikesh Maharaj wrote:
>
>
> *From:*Kris Springer <kspringer at innovateteam.com>
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 November 2022 17:16
> *To:* Nikesh Maharaj <NMaharaj at tcta.co.za>; xymon at xymon.com
> *Subject:* Re: Monitoring https pages
>
> What results do you get from your URL when using a standard web browser
> from a different machine?  Does the page resolve correctly?
>
> The page opens up so that I can log in.
>
> Could this be a firewall port issue? You mean from the xymon server ?
>
> What results does your Xymon Server show on it's web dashboard?  Is it 
> red? Green? Not working at all? Its green as shown below:
>
>   What are
> your expected results, vs the results you're actually getting? I would 
> have like to see an Https status icon which im not seeing here. 
> Similar to this as shown below
>
>
>
> Kris Springer
>
>
> On 11/22/22 8:09 AM, Nikesh Maharaj wrote:
> >
> >
> > Noted thank you for your response. Will try the / at the end of the
> > url and check if it actually returns anything.
> >
> > Im not getting any errors or am I looking at the wrong log file?
> >
> > *From:*Kris Springer <kspringer at innovateteam.com>
> > *Sent:* Tuesday, 22 November 2022 17:06
> > *To:* Nikesh Maharaj <NMaharaj at tcta.co.za>; xymon at xymon.com
> > *Subject:* Re: Monitoring https pages
> >
> > I've always found that using a slash at the end of a URL that contains
> > subdirectories works best.  I also use the 'cont' and 'httpstatus' tests
> > depending on what the site returns.
> >
> > Are you getting an error of some kind on your test?  The URL you have is
> > not typically a name that https would respond successfully, unless your
> > server has some self signed stuff going on.  Also, adding port 9191
> > means that https would have to resolve on that specific port in your
> > printspooler server webserver settings.  It all gets very complicated.
> >
> > Kris Springer
> >
> >
> >
> > On 11/22/22 5:07 AM, Nikesh Maharaj wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Colleagues,
> > >
> > > Im tyring to monitor a webpage instance. As per the pic below I have
> > > removed the dns name.
> > >
> > > Am I missing a command?
> > >
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