Re: Checking to see whether a given box can access a web service

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

You could try just using PING.   that will let you know if you at least
have TCP set up properly to talk with the outside world.

The issues that I see that aren't set up for most of my customers that use
GETURI are:

1.  They don't have any (or correct) DNS servers listed in CFGTCP option 12
(CHGTCPDMN).\

2.  They don't have the *SYSTEM store set up for SSL yet.
https://docs.bvstools.com/home/ssl-documentation/creating-the-system-store

3.  They don't have the proper authorities set for the keyring files in the
IFS:
https://docs.bvstools.com/home/ssl-documentation/ssl-faq

Other than that, installing HTTPAPI or GETURI and running a test will show
as well.

On Thu, Aug 4, 2022 at 10:58 AM James H. H. Lampert via MIDRANGE-L <
midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You know, by now, that I don't exactly keep up with the "latest,
> greatest" new OS updates.
>
> And I'm sure by now, most of you know that we host some web services.
> Including web services that are strictly HTTPS-only. And that we use
> Scott Klement's HTTPAPI to access them from Midrange boxes.
>
> Without installing any of our software on a given customer box, is there
> something we can do, that will check whether that box has the
> prerequisites for HTTPAPI to access our web services?
>
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