[Nagiosplug-help] Using check_http plugin behind the firewall

[Risto Vaarandi]

hi all,

I would like to use the check_http plugin for monitoring some external 
web servers. While the plugin works fine for conventional http-servers, 
e.g.,

-sh-2.05b$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H firewall -p 8080 -u 
http://www.hansa.ee
HTTP OK HTTP/1.0 200 OK - 66 bytes in 0.046 seconds |time=46009us;;;0 
size=66B;;;0

I can't connect to https-servers:

-sh-2.05b$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H firewall -p 8080 -u 
https://www.hansa.ee
HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request

-sh-2.05b$ /usr/lib/nagios/plugins/check_http -H firewall -p 8080 --ssl 
-u https://www.hansa.ee
ERROR: Cannot retrieve server certificate.

Does the check_http plugin have any commandline options for solving this 
problem? (The plugin should first create a tcp socket to the 8080 port 
of the firewall, then use the CONNECT method for connecting to target 
web server, and finally switch to SSL protocol.)

br,
risto