RE: {Disarmed} Re: [monit] Is this possible?

[Tomich,John]

Silly question - you actually have a directory named 'root' under '/'? 


Regards,

jt

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Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:54 AM
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Subject: Re: {Disarmed} Re: [monit] Is this possible?

John,

I changed the directive to read:

check file brockton.pid path /var/lib/mysql
  if changed checksum
  then exec "/root/restart.sh"

Still no joy.  Grrrr.

Dimitri


On Thursday 31 July 2008 12:33 pm, Tomich,John wrote:
> Dimitri,
>
> I'm no monit expert, but all the examples of checkfile I've seen do 
> not repeat the actual filename to check in the 'with path' string.  
> Perhaps you need to end your path with the directory where the script 
> you want to run lives?
>
>
> Regards,
>
> jt
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> On Behalf Of Dimitri Yioulos
> Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 9:23 AM
> To: This is the general mailing list for monit
> Subject: Re: {Disarmed} Re: [monit] Is this possible?
>
> (I'm not sure if I should be top-posting, but to keep the thread 
> consistent, I'm top-posting)
>
> The command is mysql start, and not mysqld start.  The restart of 
> MySQl works fine.  I created an simple bash script to execute 
> "myfile.sql", which I tested and know works. So, the second directive
looks like this:
>
> check file brockton.pid path /var/lib/mysql/brockton.pid
>   if changed checksum
>   then exec "/root/restart.sh"
>
> However, the script doesn't seem to fire off.  So, I'm almost there, 
> but the most important part (the MySQL table work) isn't happening.  
> Any ideas as to why?
>
> Dimitri
>
> On Thursday 31 July 2008 11:34 am, Pierrick Grasland wrote:
> > just in case :
> >
> > mysql or mysqld ?
> >
> > if it's the second, then your error is here :
> >
> > start program = "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql*d* start"
> >  stop program = "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql*d* stop"
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:20 PM, Dimitri Yioulos
>
> <address@hidden>wrote:
> > > On Thursday 31 July 2008 10:54 am, Dimitri Yioulos wrote:
> > > > On Thursday 31 July 2008 9:55 am, Pierrick Grasland wrote:
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope to correctly understand your problem :
> > > > >
> > > > > *executing a script after mysql restart.*
> > > > >
> > > > > So, my first solution is below :
> > > > > >From the manual :
> > > > >
> > > > > ***IF CHANGED [MD5|SHA1] CHECKSUM [[<X>] <Y> CYCLES]
> > > > >       THEN action*
> > > > >
> > > > > or
> > > > >
> > > > > ***IF CHANGED TIMESTAMP [[<X>] <Y> CYCLES] THEN action*
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > I think you can adapted this as follow :
> > > > >
> > > > >  check file mysqlpidfile path <path of pidfile>
> > > > >    if changed sha1 checksum
> > > > >          then exec "mysqlreload.sh"
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Add a simple :
> > > > >
> > > > > check process mysql with pidfile mysqlpidfile start = "..."
> > > > > stop = "..."
> > > > >
> > > > > And I think you have it.
> > > > >
> > > > > (when mysql restart, it will have a new pid, so a different 
> > > > > checksum or timestamp
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm not sure of the syntax (can't test), but I think it will
>
> work.
>
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > --
> > > > > Pierrick Grasland
> > > >
> > > > Pierrick,
> > > >
> > > > Thank you so much!
> > > >
> > > > Not having a lot of experience creating monit directives, I'm 
> > > > not sure exactly what to do with the directives you've shown me.

> > > > To accomplish
> > >
> > > what
> > >
> > > > I want to do, would my directives look like this?:
> > > >
> > > > check process mysqld with pidfile /var/lib/mysql/brockton.pid
> > > >   start program = "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql start"
> > > >   stop program = "/etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql stop"
> > > >   if failed host 192.168.100.7 port 3306 type TCP then restart
> > > >   if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
> > > >
> > > > check file /var/lib/mysqld/brockton.pid
> > > >   if changed sha1 checksum
> > > >   then exec "mysql test1 < /root/restart.sql"
> > > >
> > > > If so, when I try to start monit, I get the follwing error:
> > > >
> > > > Starting monit: /etc/monitrc:216: Error: syntax error 'if'
> > > >
> > > > [FAILED]
> > > >
> > > > Where am I going wrong?
> > > >
> > > > Dimitri
> > >
> > > Sorry to respond to my own post, but I corrected one of the 
> > > directives (should have followed Pierrick's directions explicitly
> > >
> > > :-) ) to read:
> > >
> > > check file brockton.pid path /var/lib/mysqld/brockton.pid
> > >   if changed sha1 checksum
> > >  then exec "mysql test1 < /root/restart.sql"
> > >
> > > and the error I quoted in my last post went away.  However, it's 
> > > been replaced
> > > by:
> > >
> > > Starting monit: /etc/monitrc:217: Error: the executable does not 
> > > exist 'mysql'
> > >                                                           [FAILED]
> > >
> > > The script I'm using to do the table changes in MySQL is in the 
> > > form
> > >
> > > "myfile.sql", and is executed with the command "mysql databasename

> > > <
> > >
> > > myfile.sql".  Monit seems to be tripping over this.  Am I not able

> > > to execute this command via monit?
> > >
> > > Dimitri
> > >
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