check_http times out eventhough website is accessible

[Hochberg, Keith]

what happened when you increased the timeout value with the -plugin to, say, 20 seconds?

-----Original Message-----
From: Kalle Andersson [mailto:kalle at kontilint.se] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2003 8:45 AM
To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Nagios-users] check_http times out eventhough website is accessible


Sorry about pushing this issue, but am I alone regarding this issue?

Kalle Andersson wrote:

> 
> But I should've noticed that when using telnet/lynx? There couldn't be 
> that much difference between check_http and telnet.
> I can't recall if there was a slight delay when trying to connect to 
> those sites, but I'm certain that it didn't take 10 seconds, using lynx 
> that is.
> 
> By the way, I'm using IP-addresses when connecting, DNS is not an issue 
> here.
> 
> Once I get the error again I'll try and se if I can get some additional 
> information by tracking the syscalls done by check_http.
> 
> Marc Powell wrote:
> 
>> It seems that it might be taking longer than 10 seconds for the plugin 
>> to make the request and receive the response. Is that what you are 
>> seeung during those times? You might consider extending you plugin 
>> timeout value.
>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Marc
>>
>> Sent from a very tiny wireless device with a very tiny unlit keyboard.
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Kalle Andersson <kalle at kontilint.se>
>> To: nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net 
>> <nagios-users at lists.sourceforge.net>
>> Sent: Fri Aug 29 05:44:46 2003
>> Subject: [Nagios-users] check_http times out eventhough website is 
>> accessible
>>
>> Hi everyone!
>>
>> I'm having a strange problem with my nagios setup. I'm running nagios
>> 1.0 on top of FreeBSD 4.7.
>>
>> Earlier this week I recieved alerts regarding two websites that I'm
>> monitoring, strange thing was that I could reach them from the
>> survelliance server by using telnet (against port 80) and lynx.
>>
>> check_http returned with "Socket timeout after 10 seconds" and State:
>> Critical
>>
>> This has happened three times, all during tuesday and wednesday this
>> week. I'd be very happy to hear about any ideas regarding this problem.
>>
>> Thanks in advance.
>>
>> -- 
>> Best regards / Med vänlig hälsning
>> Kalle Andersson, CISSP
>> Säkerhetskonsult / Kontilint Data AB
>> Mail: kalle at kontilint.se
>> Tel: +46-702-420659
>>
>>
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> 


-- 
Best regards / Med vänlig hälsning
Kalle Andersson, CISSP
Säkerhetskonsult / Kontilint Data AB
Mail: kalle at kontilint.se
Tel: +46-702-420659



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