check_http -s

[Sean McAfee]

Proskurin Kirill wrote:
> Sean McAfee wrote:
>> Proskurin Kirill wrote:
>>> Hello all.
>>>
>>> I try to add a check_http with expecting some word in a body.
>>> But:
>>>
>>>
>>> ./check_http -v -H example.com -u /some.jsp -P -s=ERROR
>>>
>>> BUT it must be ERROR - not ok.
>>> What I do wrong?
>> The "-s=ERROR" is being POSTed because you're missing an argument for 
>> -P, making Nagios interpret the rest as the required string for -P.
> 
> I do not understand you right...
> I try to explain more detail.
> 
> On some site works some jsp what check inner logic of site and return in 
> body OKEY or ERROR.
> 
> I what to make a check_http and IF i got in page body word "ERROR" - 
> then make check critical IF in page body i got "OKEY" - return OK.
> 
> As I understand -s= - it is what I expect in page body.
> 
> Or I not understand it right? :-)

No, you're right about -s, but you command is being parsed as:

./check_http -v -H example.com -u /some.jsp -P "-s=ERROR"

because you're missing an argument for the -P flag.

Change it to:

./check_http -v -H example.com -u /some.jsp -s=ERROR

and it will work as you expect.

-- 
Sean McAfee
System Engineer

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