Re: [monit] Re: Monitoring with ICMP

[Adam Nielsen]

> I can see this in the output of 'monit -vI' using 1.2.3.4 as a test IP 
> with no connectivity.
>
> '1.2.3.4' icmp ping succeeded [response time 0.000s]
>
> # ping 1.2.3.4 -c 5
> PING 1.2.3.4 (1.2.3.4) 56(84) bytes of data.
>
> --- 1.2.3.4 ping statistics ---
> 5 packets transmitted, 0 received, 100% packet loss, time 4012ms
>
> I see this on two other debian servers also running the same version of 
> monit.

FWIW I'm running monit 5.0.3 and it seems to work for me:

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ICMP failed Service 1.2.3.4

        Date:        Tue, 23 Mar 2010 08:33:28 +1000
        Action:      alert
        Host:        myserver
        Description: failed ICMP test [Echo Request]

Your faithful employee,
monit
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Nothing about this appeared in the output of 'monit -vI' though, and it 
took a few minutes for the e-mail to be sent after loading monit.

Cheers,
Adam.