Newbie question: Check_http problem

[Matt Cowger]

What does the web interface give for a return code?  Have you tried to 
run the plugin as thenagios user?

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Scott Elliott wrote:

> This is my first venture into the Nagios world, and so far I’ve managed 
> to install Nagios 1.1, using the 1.3.1 plug-ins, and running on a Debian 
> 3.0 box.
> 
>  
> 
> As expected, I haven’t gotten everything to work on my first try, but I 
> have managed to configure the software to a point such that I can do a 
> simple ping check on four boxes, and for it to send out notifications if 
> it detects anything wrong.
> 
>  
> 
> My problem is that it seems that Nagios is return a “service down” when 
> doing check_http request.  I’ve look at the checkcommands.cfg file, and 
> it is the default definition:
> 
>  
> 
> # 'check_http' command definition
> 
> define command{
> 
>         command_name    check_http
> 
>         command_line    $USER1$/check_http -H $HOSTADDRESS$
> 
>         }
> 
>  
> 
> When I run check_http from the command line, using the same options as 
> listed in the check_http, is says HTTP is ok. I’ve tried both the 
> hostname, host ip address, and the url, all of which seem to come 
> through just fine.
> 
>  
> 
> Can somebody point me the right direction to go on this one?
> 
>  
> 
> Scott Elliott
> 
>  
> 

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