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

["Johann Eggers" <Johann.Eggers (at) teleatlas.com>]

> -----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