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Jeff_Kinny
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17 days ago
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Any way to "ignore ssl" in a web content monitor?

Hi All, We're trying to do a quick and dirty web content monitor, very simple, just hit a target website and if you see a 200 it is a 'success'. I created the web content monitor and when SL1 hits t...
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    TonyAndres
    15 days ago

    Hello Jeff,

    When using curl, the -k parameter is the same as --insecure. Using the -k parameter is what skips the SSL verification step and is what you should be using. 

    In the web content monitor itself, you can set SSL Encryption to Disabled to remove this step as well.

    Antonio Andres

    Principal Technical Support Engineer | ScienceLogic

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TonyAndres
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15 days ago

Hello Jeff,

When using curl, the -k parameter is the same as --insecure. Using the -k parameter is what skips the SSL verification step and is what you should be using. 

In the web content monitor itself, you can set SSL Encryption to Disabled to remove this step as well.

Antonio Andres

Principal Technical Support Engineer | ScienceLogic

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Jeff_Kinny
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15 days ago

Hi Tony, I actually do have the "SSL Encryption" setting set to Disabled

Is there any other reason why the SL interface would show a "timeout" error, but a curl from the collector would be successful?