1.4: Problems with web monitoring

[bobrivers]

Hi,

I have a website that requires authentication. If I access it (using firefox or ie) through this url (https://www.mysite.com/login/loginFE...gin&pwd=mypwd), I'm able to gain access to the restricted area.

So, I configured a scenario for web monitoring doing the following:

Application: web
Name: mysite
Update: 30
Agent: Firefox Win & IE 6
Variables: {login}=mylogin
{pwd}=mypwd

Steps:

Name: mypage
URL: http://www.mysite.com/login/loginFE.do
Post: login={login}&pwd={pwd}
Timeout: 15
Required: Welcome
Status code: 200

But it isn't working. It shows: "Error: Page didn't match". So I think that zabbix isn't authenticated.

I also tried to use curl directly from console (curl http://www.mysite.com/login/loginFE....gin&pwd=mypwd), and I could see that the retrived page isn't the authenticated page. So this is why zabbix didn't found "Welcome".

Am I missing something? Does anybody got success accessing autheticated content?

Zabbix works fine if I try to monitor "regular" content (not authenticated). Even when I use required strings.

TIA,

Bob

[Alexei]

It seems you're doing everything correctly. I'm not sure about using of POST variable, shouldn't it be GET variables like this:

http://www.mysite.com/login/loginFE.do?login=me&pwd=mypwd

[bobrivers]

More tests

Hi,

I changed the steps. First I tried to get rid of the variables, passing login=mylogin&pwd=mypwd directly in the post. Same error.

Then I changed the url to http://.../loginFE.do?login=mylogin&pwd=mypwd and it didn't worked also...

[Alexei]

Note that you may use macros in the URL as well. Perhaps the WEB page requires something else? Maybe you have some cookies on your WEB browser side which help?

[qix]

Hello Alexei,

I'm having a look at 1.4.1.
I've tried using the {HOSTNAME} and {IPADDRESS} macros in the url, but I get the message that the hostname can not be resolved.

When I put {IPADDRESS}=x.x.x.x in the variable field, it works fine.

I would like to make an Application template that monitors certain website responses on a host so I can apply that template on multiple hosts.
It would be great if I could use the already set DNS name for the specific host for this.

Any idea on how I can do this without editing the web monitoring for each host by hand?

Thanks in advance,

[ahanson]

This is something of interest to me as well. I have about 80 web servers, and I want to test them all in basically the same way. It would be really useful to use the {IPADDRESS} variable here.

[gelowe]

I think I have a solution for you

If you append a ? at the end of your URL I bet it will work.

Name: mypage
URL: http://www.mysite.com/login/loginFE.do?
Post: login={login}&pwd={pwd}

So far it looks like the Zabbix web monitoring does not to true posts. I am still trying to find out why.