curl doesn't work from Pentaho Data Integration but it does in the terminal

Question

I would like to execute the following curl from a transformation using the Execute a process step:

 curl -k --basic --user "user:pass" -d "input.string=\"{\"parameter\":3}\"" "https://localhost:5050/jobs?appName=test&classPath=MyTestClass&context=context_test"

But I get the following error:

Error output = curl: (1) Protocol "https not supported or disabled in libcurl

I execute the same command directly on the terminal and works fine.

I'm using the 6.0.1 version of PDI on a Centos 7 server.

Answer 1

I tried to do the same in my Windows machine and it worked fine (obviously I got a couldn't connect error as I have no endpoint similar to yours).

Anyway, I found another question that digs deeper about the same error on Linux (How do I enable https support in libcurl?). I think you have to discover which curl Pentaho is using as it can be different from your default installation.

Anyway, have you considered using HTTP Client step instead of using external process? I think it has performance/debug pros and you won't be tied to an external lib version/installation to make your job work.