[tor-bugs] #12803 [BridgeDB]: BridgeDB needs Nagios checks for the HTTPS Distributor

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#12803: BridgeDB needs Nagios checks for the HTTPS Distributor
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     Reporter:  isis         |      Owner:  isis
         Type:  enhancement  |     Status:  new
     Priority:  major        |  Milestone:
    Component:  BridgeDB     |    Version:
   Resolution:               |   Keywords:  bridgedb-https, nagios
Actual Points:               |  Parent ID:
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Comment (by dawuud):

 We can easily use check_http to do this:

 {{{
 amnesia at amnesia:~$ sudo apt-get install nagios-plugins
 ...
 amnesia at amnesia:~$ usewithtor /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H
 bridges.torproject.org --ssl=3
 HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 4098 bytes in 2.560 second response time
 |time=2.559883s;;;0.000000 size=4098B;;;0
 amnesia at amnesia:~$ usewithtor /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H
 bridges.torproject.org --ssl=3 --string=yoyo
 HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - string 'yoyo' not found on
 'https://bridges.torproject.org:443/' - 4098 bytes in 4.560 second
 response time |time=4.559573s;;;0.000000 size=4098B;;;0
 amnesia at amnesia:~$ usewithtor /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H
 bridges.torproject.org --ssl=3 --string=bridges
 HTTP OK: HTTP/1.1 200 OK - 4098 bytes in 2.571 second response time
 |time=2.570934s;;;0.000000 size=4098B;;;0
 amnesia at amnesia:~$
 }}}


 The person with admin access to your icinga server will have to add a few
 lines to it's configuration...
 specifying the service check schedule, hostgroup/servicegroup etc.

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