On 9/6/07, *Scott Silva* <address@hidden
<mailto:address@hidden>> wrote:
Alfredo Deza spake the following on 9/6/2007 10:41 AM:
>
>
> > Wow, what a mess I just made.
> >
> > I installed the RPM package from Dag Wieers
repository. I am
> using
> > CentOS 4.1 and everything was fine. So to install the BETA
> version I
> > removed Dag's package by doing:
> >
> > rpm -e monit
> >
> > Which uninstalled monit.
> >
> > Then I did a wget of the source ( 4.10 beta) ,
compiled and
> > installed. But it seems monit wasnt working well, it
didnt have a
> > pid file and couldnt recognize the services.I couldnt
even do
> > /etc/init.d/monit start
> >
> > So I went ahead to uninstall monit and within the 4.10
> directory did:
> >
> > make uninstall
> >
> > Perfect.
> >
> > Went ahead and reinstalled the RPM package and now I
have my
> monit
> > pid file but with a broken monit:
> >
> > -bash: /usr/local/bin/monit/: no such file or directory
> >
> > I still have the configuration file and I can do:
> >
> > /etc/init.d/monit start
> > /etc/init.d/monit restart
> > /etc/init.d/monit stop
> >
> > But it does nothing, no web interface, no nothing.
> >
> > Could you guys PLEASE help me get this working again?
I just
> need to
> > have this as stable as possible (why did I tried to
get 4.10???).
> >
> > So, to make this plea short:
> >
> > 1.- Need to get a complete uninstall/removal of monit
> > 2.- Then a fresh install of monit 4.9 with the RPM
package
> >
> > Hopefully I will have this working in no time.
> >
> > Thanks again so much for your patience and help,
> >
> >
> > --
> > Alfredo Deza
> >
> >
> > Ok, just an update (sorry for the spam)
> >
> > Since bash couldnt find monit I did wget monit-4.9
compiled it and
> > copied monit to /usr/local/bin/monit/
> >
> > So that fixed that problem and now I have monit running.
> >
> > BUT
> >
> > Monit doesnt start/stop/restart correctly (although I see
OK when
> I try)
> > when doing /etc/init.d/
> >
> > It just starts by:
> >
> > monit -v
> >
> > And it shows that monit doesnt have a PID file at
/var/run/monit.pid
> >
> > Any ideas to this whole mess I created?
> >
> Did you try rpm with the --replacefiles option?
>
>
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> Early today I tried the rpm --replacefiles and it seems to be
working.
>
> I can start monit with init.d
>
> There should be a thorough guide as to how to upgrade / downgrade or
> uninstall monit, not because we dont want it, but just for situations
> like this.
>
> I offer my time if someone is willing to help me out, as my process
> hasnt been clean at all.
>
> Because this is an important server, I think its better to wait
for the
> email verification option in 4.10 unless someone comes with a good
> solution for not being able to send email notifications.
>
>
The easiest solution would be to get the admin of the mail server to
allow
your monit box to send mail unauthenticated, or let you send on a
different
port like the submission port.
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Ok, I will try that. Thanks.
What about the best way to re-install / uninstall monit?
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Alfredo Deza
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