Telnet command not found.

Products

• CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction

Cannot perform telnet on Gateway,
[root@hostname ssgconfig]# telnet <Ip_Address> 443
-bash: telnet: command not found

Environment

All API Gateway Releases.

Cause

Telnet package not included with underlying platform RHEL 5 to RHEL 6.

Resolution

Alternate command to perform telnet on gateway.

curl -v <host> <port>

eg: curl -v telnet://hostname:8443