Re: can't start monit service

[Martin Pala]

Oliver A. Rojo wrote:
> Martin Pala wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > please try to start monit using following command:
> >
> >  monit -vI
> >
> > ... and send the output
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Martin
> >
> > Oliver A. Rojo wrote:
> >
> > > I just intalled monit using Fedora core 2 distribution. My 
> > > /etc/monitrc config:
> > >
> > > set httpd port 2812
> > >      allow localhost
> > >      allow 192.168.3.191
> > >      allow traxx:hitman
> > >
> > > check process apache2 with pidfile /var/run/httpd.pid
> > >    start program = "/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd start"
> > >    stop  program = "/etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd stop"
> > >    if failed host 192.168.3.221 port 80
> > >         protocol HTTP request /monit/token
> > >         then restart
> > >    if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
> > >    group www
> > >    depends apache2_init
> > >    depends apache2_bin
> > >
> > > check file apache2_init with path /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
> > >    group apache
> > >
> > > check file apache2_bin with path /usr/sbin/httpd
> > >    group apache
> > >
> > > where:
> > > 192.168.3.221: ip address of  monit server
> > >
> > > But everytime i start monit service it usually says:
> > >
> > > Nov  2 15:06:26 pumbaa httpd: httpd shutdown succeeded
> > > Nov  2 15:10:45 pumbaa monit: 'apache2' process is not running
> > > Nov  2 15:10:45 pumbaa monit: 'apache2' trying to restart
> > > Nov  2 15:10:45 pumbaa monit: 'apache2' start: /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd
> > > Nov  2 15:10:45 pumbaa monit: 'apache2' failed to start
> > > Nov  2 15:10:45 pumbaa monit: monit startup succeeded
> > > Nov  2 15:10:45 pumbaa httpd: httpd startup succeeded
> > >
> > > # service monit status
> > > monit dead but subsys locked
> > >
> > > Did i missed something?
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> here's the output...
>
> monit: Debug: Adding host allow 'localhost' (127.0.0.1).
> monit: Debug: Adding net allow '192.168.3.191'.
> monit: Debug: Adding credentials for user 'traxx'.
> monit: Error: Poll time not defined. Please define poll time in the
> control file or use the -d option when starting monit

Problem is that you try to start monit in daemon mode, but there is no 
poll time (monitoring frequency) specified.

You can either add to the /etc/monitrc the 'set daemon ...' statement:

 set daemon 5

(for example to monitor each 5s)

or add '-d ...' option to the start command line in startup script.


Martin