Monit showing wrong protocol

[Martin Massera]

I have set up a check on a host using HTTPS

check host "xxx server" with address app.xxx.xxx
     if failed port 443 protocol https
          and request "/admin/login/"
     for 3 cycles
     then alert

But the interface is showing HTTP:

In this case the page does not work, it shows Connection failed but also HTTP:

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[hauk]

HTTP is the protocol. It is using HTTPS when checking, which you can see from the text about using TLS which is HTTPS

[Martin Massera]

Ah. Then calling it protocol https in the configuration might not be a good idea

[hauk]

Good point. Most, me included, tend to think of https as its own protocol thing and not as http over a secure channel which it really is (SSL or nowadays TLS). Previously, in the config we called it type TCP/IP using TLS with protocol http which was a mouthful and https was introduced as a shorter alias. The text in the view is composed of fragments and use the old way. It’s a hassle to change, but to avoid confusion we should probably add an 's' at the end, like https, smtps, imaps etc.

[Martin Massera]

Well, so you have two pieces of information: the protocol (HTTP) and if it uses TLS/SSL or not. You can pack both pieces of information in the same word:

• HTTP for plain HTTP
• HTTPS for HTTP + secure

Everybody will understand. On top of that, you can add more info in the details (“using SSL” or “using TLS”)

It’s important to have consistency in the application. If you are using the word protocol to say if httpsor http, then if the user sees the word protocol he expects that it will mean the same

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