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Jeff_Kinny
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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 the endpoint in the UI we get a timeout error.

To make sur eit wasn't something else we ran a "curl -k https://website" from the collector and it worked, however ssl failure without the -k.

It doesn't appear that there is an option to turn off ssl verification in the web content screen, but please let me know if I'm mistaken?

  • 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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    Nevermind my second question, the URL we were using was incorrect!

  • 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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      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?