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mr_evil_116524
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Sep 06, 2015

Custom SSL TCP monitor

Hello All,   I am trying to monitor TCP server port which does have SSL turned on.   We are not hosting a website or web service using this port. This is simply a TCP server port with SSL. Thi...
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Patrik_Jonsson
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Sep 07, 2015

Not a big fan of them, but you could use an external monitor for this and utilize openlssl.

https://devcentral.f5.com/articles/ltm-external-monitors-the-basics

The following command should establish a connection and close it again. You could replace Q with whatever command you wish to send to the server (or keep it if you just want to test ssl):

echo "Q" | openssl s_client -connect www.site.com:443

A link to the s_client man page:

https://www.openssl.org/docs/manmaster/apps/s_client.html

/Patrik