Monitor HTTP Services that require X.509 Certificates

2023/06/12 by Leave a comment

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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SIP Monitoring Over TLS and Websockets

2022/09/28 by Leave a comment

We’ve added TLS and Websocket support to our SIP check.

NodePing has supported UDP and TCP SIP monitoring for many years but more SIP services are being offered over TLS or Websockets now so we’ve added support for these transports for your SIP checks.

SIP over TLS uses the popular SSL/TLS transport to secure the SIP communications. If your TLS is misconfigured or has an expired certificate, your SIP check will fail.

SIP over websockets are used mostly for browser-based SIP services. Your SIP check can also be configured to use secure websockets, which adds TLS security to the websocket SIP communication.

Monitoring SIP over TLS and monitoring SIP over websockets are both available on all accounts. If you don’t yet have a NodePing account, please sign up for our free, 15-day trial and see for yourself why those who know use NodePing.

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