Help with External HTTP Monitor (cURL) - Requires http authentication

Ok I realized permissions did fix the issue where my external monitor was not working in the GUI. THANKS! But I also realized I had a code issue that was giving a false positive in the CLI, so now I am running into another problem.

 

 

Here was the code issue! What was:

 

 
 curl -L -v --user 'testuser:superpassword' http://${IP}:${PORT}/_layouts/ACCApplications/CommonLogin/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fwhatsup.aspx -H "Host: members.acc.org" | grep -i "1-UP"  
 2>&1 > /dev/null

There was line break before the "2>&1 > /dev/null".

 

 

 

should have been:

 

curl -L -v --user 'testuser:superpassword' http://${IP}:${PORT}/_layouts/ACCApplications/CommonLogin/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fwhatsup.aspx -H "Host: members.acc.org" | grep -i "1-UP" 2>&1 > /dev/null

 

 

I have a new issue though! It actually doesnt work (meaning doesnt see return string) but I think it has something to do with the way the site is redirecting you. Let me explain how it works from user perspective. When you put in something.mydomain.org/whatsup.aspx (which requires basic authentication) in your browser ... you are redirected to something.mydomain.org/_layouts/ACCApplications/CommonLogin/login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fwhatsup.aspx where the user puts in their credentials and then it goes back to something.mydomain.org/whatsup.aspx and the return string of "1-UP" shows up on the page.

 

 

Now, when I run my External monitor in the SSH CLI, I get a HTTP/1.1 200 OK, but I do not get the echo "UP" as it seems like it is testing for the return string before the redirection occurs ... or it doesnt happen or something. I am not 100% sure on that.

 

 

So question: do the developers need to change something in the site bhavior for this to work? Or is there additional logic I can add to my external monitor script to test once it is at the actual page something.mydomain.org/whatsup.aspx? Thanks!