https failure in 4.3.4, not in 4.2.3 🔗 link

I upgraded my last xymon server from 4.2.3 to 4.3.4 this morning. It went well, except for one little thing. https tests.

I found that my proxy machines just ran http tests, but my main server runs https tests. An oversight I'm now correcting. How I found this is that my tests are now failing:


red Wed Aug 31 09:21:47 2011: 


red https://iadnasp1.mns.qintra.com/ - 




Seconds:     0.06


If I run a curl on the site, I get:

$ curl https://iadnasp1
curl: (60) SSL certificate problem, verify that the CA cert is OK. Details:
error:14090086:SSL routines:SSL3_GET_SERVER_CERTIFICATE:certificate verify failed
More details here: http://curl.haxx.se/docs/sslcerts.html

curl performs SSL certificate verification by default, using a "bundle"
 of Certificate Authority (CA) public keys (CA certs). The default
 bundle is named curl-ca-bundle.crt; you can specify an alternate file
 using the --cacert option.
If this HTTPS server uses a certificate signed by a CA represented in
 the bundle, the certificate verification probably failed due to a
 problem with the certificate (it might be expired, or the name might
 not match the domain name in the URL).
If you'd like to turn off curl's verification of the certificate, use
 the -k (or --insecure) option.

Using the --insecure works correctly.

So, we have an internal CA. So I'm guessing I need to install the CA's certificate of authority to clear this issue up?
Where do I do that?

Paul.


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No, you don't. Xymon doesn't perform validation of certificate chains like curl does - essentially, Xymon behaves like curl with the "--insecure" option.

Try running "xymonnet --version" to see if it is able to load the SSL library at all - you should see the SSL library version listed. If that doesn't give you a clue, run "xymoncmd xymonnet --debug HOSTNAME" and see what details it gives about why it cannot connect to the site.


Regards,
Henrik

Hmm, xymonnet --version doesn't give me much:

$ xymonnet --version
xymonnet version 4.3.4


I just found that the server I built 4.3.4 on doesn't have the openssl-devel rpm installed.

So, I need to rebuild that.

Then I should be able to do a make install over the top, and it won't mess up my configuration files right? (/etc/xymon)


Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is now CenturyLink

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Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 2:46 PM
To: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] https failure in 4.3.4, not in 4.2.3

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Nope, this version of xymonnet was built without openssl support.

I just found that the server I built 4.3.4 on doesn't have the openssl-devel rpm installed.

Figures.

Correct. If it makes you more comfortable, you can just copy the 
xymonnet binary into ~xymon/server/bin/


Regards,
Henrik

Thanks Henrik!

Paul Root    - Engineer III  - Qwest is now CenturyLink

-----Original Message-----
From: Henrik Størner [mailto:user-ce4a2c883f75@xymon.invalid]
Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2011 3:59 PM
To: Root, Paul
Cc: xymon at xymon.com
Subject: Re: [Xymon] https failure in 4.3.4, not in 4.2.3

Hmm, xymonnet --version doesn't give me much:

$ xymonnet --version
xymonnet version 4.3.4

Nope, this version of xymonnet was built without openssl support.

I just found that the server I built 4.3.4 on doesn't have the
openssl-devel rpm installed.

Figures.

So, I need to rebuild that.

Then I should be able to do a make install over the top, and it won't
mess up my configuration files right? (/etc/xymon)

Correct. If it makes you more comfortable, you can just copy the
xymonnet binary into ~xymon/server/bin/


Regards,
Henrik

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