Checking if site is available using shell and curl for https URL redirect

Question

I wanted to check if the https://fusionhelp.oracle.com website is available or not. After going through the posts in this site, tried using the `curl` script as shown below on the linux command prompt : ``` curl https://fusionhelp.oracle.com -L -o dumpfile -w 'Last URL was: %{url_effective}' curl -vi -I -L --cacert FusionhelpRepository https-fusionhelp-website ``` `FusionhelpRepository` contains the security certificates.pem merged into one file. I get `curl`: (7) socket error: 113 , instead of a status code which would suggest that the website is available. I expect the first response to be 302, after which it should get redirected to the destination page. I'm aware that many such posts have been made earlier and the solution works for Yahoo or Google or other HTTPS website which I have been accessing. This one is not going through.

Accepted Answer

I think you just need the -I option here:

```
curl -I https://fusionhelp.oracle.com
```

This will give the response code, currently showing 503 Service Unavailable.

Checking if site is available using shell and curl for https URL redirect

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