RE: Monitor multiple processes?

[Jan Johansson]

> What kind of program are your monitoring? It's seems strange that a
> program forks off 4 independent processes and that you need to monitor
> all of them. (Usually it's enough to monitor the parent process,
> e.g. apache using a preforked model).

No, 4 independent programs, but they are interconnected on a data
exchange level. If one goes, the whole chain is broken.

> If this is the case you can utilize some simple synchronization
> techniques in the stop/start script shared by the processes and called
> by monit. Using a lock-file is probably the easiest.

*doh* Didn't even think of that. Thanks. Ill go with that option.