Re: [monit] File contents check

[Martin Pala]

Hi,

the content matching test saves the read position from last cycle. The 
next cycle begins the match test on the last read position if the size 
of the file is bigger then saved read position.

The read position can be reset and thus monit will start to check match 
from the file beginning in following cases:
1.) either the inode changed (i.e. file was replaced)
2.) or the file size shrinked (i.e. the file was rewritten for example)

It was designed this way to allow to parse for example log files which 
are being appended - in such case it's not possible to check everytime 
from beginning because it will emit alarms for content which was handled 
in previous cycles already and also the parsing will be slower as the 
file will grow if restarted from the beginning each time.

Workaround for your situation:
##############################

Instead of rewriting the file for example by:
 echo master > /var/run/cyso-ha/inetd

just apped the new state this way:
 echo master >> /var/run/cyso-ha/inetd

Monit will in such case parse the file from last read position and grab 
just the new state. The /var/run/cyso-ha/inetd will also contain history 
of state changes this way as by-product.


Martin




Wijnand Wiersma wrote:
> I think I don't really understand that feature, but I do need it for
> what I have in mind.
>
> I am trying to build a role based cluster and in my test setup I just
> use inetd to test it.
>
> check file inetd-group with path /var/run/cyso-ha/inetd
>     start program = "/opt/scripts/cyso-ha/start_role inetd"
>     stop  program = "/opt/scripts/cyso-ha/stop_role inetd"
>     if match "master" then start
>     if match "slave" then start
>     if match "stopped" then stop
>
>
> When I echo something into /var/run/cyso-ha/inetd I get following
> message in my log:
> Oct 28 20:16:02 cnode2 monit[2699]: 'inetd-group' file exist
> and the start script really runs.
>
> But when I echo "stopped" into that file nothing happens. I would expect
> after reading the documentation my stop script should have run.
>
> Is there something lacking in the documentation or is this a lack of brains?
>
> Wijnand
>
>
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