Re: is monit just a pain in the arse or what ?

[andrew taylor]

alex black wrote:
> > 1) already RTFM
>
> Apparently not, since I have a cluster of machines in denver which are 
> all maintenance free because of monit, and I'm running rails.
>
> > 2) posted my monitrc
>
> Only after someone who was _very_ polite didn't spank you and kindly 
> asked you to do so
>
> > 3) make the daemon respond or get fired
>
> They can fire you, you can't fire them - you didn't pay and it's their 
> mailing list.
>
> Really, I'm quite tolerant on mailing lists because I know people tend 
> to "read the worst" into email, but your post was disrespectful and 
> you deserve much more abuse than you got.
>
> Remember that in many circumstances, good suggestions (like the one 
> about clarifying the warnings for bad pid paths) can be lost if you 
> deliver them with language designed to antagonize.
>
> good luck,
>
> _alex
no one has yet to explain why a running monit daemon refuses to respond 
to a "monit summary" request...