Re: [monit] monit alert specified address

[Martin Pala]

On Jul 8, 2008, at 12:43 PM, Emil Natan wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> I have the following configuration.
>
> set alert address@hidden
>
> check device boot-partition with path /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
>        if space usage > 80% then alert
> alert address@hidden
>
>
> The problem is that when the space usage is over 80%, I get 2 e- 
> mails, one for address@hidden and one for address@hidden What I expected and I  
> what I wanted to do is to receive alert only on address@hidden


The "set alert ..." statement sets the alert for all services. You can  
either disable the alert locally in "boot-partition" service using  
"noalert" statement or optional alert filter ... see monit manual for  
more details:
http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/doc/manual.php#alert_messages

example syntax:

--8<--
set alert address@hidden

check device boot-partition with path /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
  if space usage > 80% then alert
  alert address@hidden
  noalert address@hidden
--8<--



> It seems I miss something, so any help will be appreciated.
> In addition is the following scenario possible:
>
> check device boot-partition with path /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
>        if space usage > 80% then alert address@hidden
>        if space usage > 95 then alert address@hidden
>
> I know the syntax is not correct, but it just shows what I try to  
> achieve.


Currently the testing statement cannot set the target directly based  
on error level. You can use two check statements as workaround:

--8<--
check device boot-partition-warn with path /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
  if space usage > 80% then alert
  alert address@hidden

check device boot-partition-err with path /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
  if space usage > 95% then alert
  alert address@hidden
--8<--

Martin