Monitor HTTP Services that require X.509 Certificates

NodePing supports TLS X.509 client certs for authentication to monitor supported HTTP services.

X.509 client certificates utilize public-key infrastructure (PKI) to authenticate to TLS services. Web APIs and other REST-based services can issue their users TLS client certs to authenticate their client requests. X.509 certs can be used alone or along with other supported authentication methods including BASIC AUTH and form-based submission.

To get started monitoring X.509 authenticated HTTP services, upload your client certs to the “Certs and Keys” area and configure the HTTP Advanced checks to authenticate using the TLS client cert. HTTP Advanced checks support verifying specific HTTP status codes in the response, sending and verifying specific headers, specify HTTP methods (POST, PUT, DELETE, HEAD, TRACE, CONNECT), and send form data or raw content like JSON or XML.

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