check_http_fwb is a nagios plugin for checking HTTP. It differs from check_http by missing features which are rarely used, having a small codesize (7 KB statical code, diet-compiled and sstripped) and doing per default only a HEAD request.
check_http_fwb -I ip-address -w warnlevel -c critlevel [-p port] [-H http11_hostname] [-u remotefile] [-A user_agent] [-t timeout] [-G] [-D]
Options:
-I ip-address
Specify the IP address of the remote server to check.
-w warnlevel
Specify the warning level.
-c critlevel
Specify the critical level.
-p port
Specify the port of the http server on the remote host.
-H http11_hostname
Specify the hostname for name-based virtual hosts.
-u remotefile
Instead of using the default “/“ you can request a different file.
-A user_agent
Specify the HTTP user agent (default: „check_http_fwb/1 (nagios-fwb)“).
-t timeout
The plugins internal timeout in seconds (default: 10).
-G
Use „GET“. „HEAD“ is the default in check_http_fwb and „GET“ is the default in standard nagios plugin check_http.
Here's one example showing a GET-request for www.testdomain.de:8080/myfile.txt :
$ check_http_fwb -I 1.2.3.4 -w 2 -c 4 -p 8080 -H www.testdomain.de:8080 -u /myfile.txt -G HTTP CRITICAL: HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found - 0.016 second response time |time=0.016978s
Tested only with Linux. Build may fail on other OS.