Alive test - HTTPS

Elecstix · Post by **Elecstix** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 5:36 am

I'm trying to confirm that routers are alive and well using HostMonitor. The management interfaces are accessed by connecting
to https://IP address:portnumber

The response is a certificate warning (due to URL mismatch) but I have tried setting ignore certificate issues and there is still no successful result. Access with a web browser is fine. Can a test be specified that will report success?

Thanks for thinking about this.

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 12:55 pm

May be there are some other certificate problems?
Could you tr yo enable both "Accept SSL/PCT certificates with invalid host name" and "Accept SSL/PCT certificates with invalid dates" options on Misc page in the Options dialog and mark "HTTPS: Ignore unknown certificate authority problems" option in "URL test properties" dialog?

Can we access your router for testing?

Regards
Alex

Elecstix · Post by **Elecstix** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 1:08 pm

Thanks Alex,
We tried the mods you suggested but without success. I've PM'ed you the address to try.

We very much like HostMonitor and would like to use it for our network monitoring.

Thanks again,
Rob

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Tue Nov 15, 2005 8:01 pm

Your server responds with HTTP code 401 - Unauthorized.
That's why HostMonitor set "bad" status.
I think you should provide username and password...

Regards
Alex

Elecstix · Post by **Elecstix** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 3:37 am

Thanks for check Alex. Whilst I guess that would be possible we don't really want to log in to the management interface, only to confirm that the router is responding.

Is it possible to just check that the login page is delivered and have the test check for that?

Thanks again,
Rob

KS-Soft · Post by **KS-Soft** » Wed Nov 16, 2005 2:02 pm

Web server does not show any page until it accepts login. It returns single HTTP code - 401...
Theoretically you can recognize such situation:
- HostMonitor displays "No answer" status when web server does not respond;
- HostMonitor shows "Bad" when web server responds with some error code.
So, you may setup "advanced mode" action that will alert you when status is "No answer" only (e.g. you may use "start" expression like '%Status%'=='No answer'

On the other hand, if you don't want to login to the server, use TCP test method instead of URL check.

Regards
Alex