2 files changed, 21 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/bin/run_tests b/bin/run_tests
index 526aa83a..3ba89684 100755
--- a/bin/run_tests
+++ b/bin/run_tests
@@ -127,11 +127,18 @@ class LeapTest < MiniTest::Unit::TestCase
     if params
       uri.query = URI.encode_www_form(params)
     end
-    response = Net::HTTP.get_response(uri)
-    if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
-      yield response.body, response, nil
-    else
-      yield nil, response, nil
+    http = Net::HTTP.new uri.host, uri.port
+    if uri.scheme == 'https'
+      http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
+      http.use_ssl = true
+    end
+    http.start do |agent|
+      response = agent.get(uri.request_uri)
+      if response.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
+        yield response.body, response, nil
+      else
+        yield nil, response, nil
+      end
     end
   rescue => exc
     yield nil, nil, exc
diff --git a/tests/white-box/webapp.rb b/tests/white-box/webapp.rb
index 142ac2de..05b86a41 100644
--- a/tests/white-box/webapp.rb
+++ b/tests/white-box/webapp.rb
@@ -60,4 +60,13 @@ class Webapp < LeapTest
     pass
   end
 
+  #
+  # this is technically a black-box test. so, move this when we have support
+  # for black box tests.
+  #
+  def test_04_Can_access_webapp?
+    assert_get('https://' + $node['webapp']['domain'] + '/')
+    pass
+  end
+
 end