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Nagios Error “HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden”

May 18th, 2011 2 comments

When monitoring websites with Nagios, it’s common to get the error “HTTP WARNING: HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden“.

Quick Solution

Use the -H option to specify the host name for the web site e.g.

define service{
	use                     generic-service
	host_name               andymadge.com
	service_description     HTTP
	check_command           check_http!-H www.andymadge.com
}
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