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chuck-king_1607's avatar
chuck-king_1607
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Jan 03, 2008

monitors and LDAP

Hello,

 

I'm having an issue with a http monitor checking for a send string of a web page and looking for a responce. My problem is when checking for the GET / page, I get prompted for windows NTLM access. This is a requirment for the nodes in the pool that they are in a domain and on AD users have access to them. Does anyone know of a way to pass along the domain, userid and password with the GET / command?

 

Thanks for any help

 

Chuck
management
monitoring
  • hoolio's avatar
    hoolio
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    Jan 03, 2008
    With a default HTTP monitor, you're able to send a single static request and wait to see if the node responds. If that response contains a configurable static string the node gets marked up. With NTLM authentication, I think you'd have to send multiple requests to negotiate the authentication header value required to access the application. This page (Click here) indicates there are three request/responses required.

     

     

    If you really need to authenticate with a monitor to check the app, you might be able to write/find a client which can do this and then reference it with an external monitor.

     

     

    Else, if you just want to check if the service is up and responding, you could send a standard HTTP request and look for 401 in the response (receive string).

     

     

    Aaron