[Xymon] https url via proxy

[John Thurston]

It does if you enable --bb-proxy-syntax on xymonnet

> Adhere to the Big Brother syntax for a URL, which allows specifying a 
> HTTP proxy as part of a URL. See *"HTTP Testing via proxy"* in the 
> /hosts.cfg 
> <https://xymon.state.ak.us/xymon/help/manpages/man5/hosts.cfg.5.html>(5) 
> / file for details. Beginning with Xymon 4.3.0, this behaviour is 
> disabled by default since URL's that include other URL's are now much 
> more common. This option restores the old Big Brother-compatible 
> behaviour. 

which then lets you supply the URL to be tested as the "path" of the 
test sent to the proxy

> xymonnet supports the Big Brother syntax for specifying an HTTP proxy 
> to use when performing http tests. This syntax just joins the proxy- 
> and the target-URL into one, e.g.
>
> http://webproxy.sample.com:3128/http://www.foo.com/
> would be the syntax for testing the www.foo.com website via the proxy 
> running on "webproxy.sample.com" port 3128. 

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John Thurston    907-465-8591
John.Thurston at alaska.gov
Department of Administration
State of Alaska

On 4/27/2023 12:57 AM, Bruno Manzoni wrote:
>
> Hello Xymoners,
>
> Has anyone developed a test for an https url through a proxy? if yes 
> can you share it?
> (The current built-in test with Xymon doesn't support it, as far as I 
> know)
>
> Many thanks
> Bruno
>
>
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