Re: monit didn't start services at boot

[Þórhallur Hálfdánarson]

Hi,

I belive this is a very valid point.

The syntax for "check process" is "CHECK PROCESS <unique name> <PIDFILE <path> | MATCHING <regex>>"

As the ckeck offers a way to monitor based on process name as an alternative to pidfile, wouldn't it be quite easy to extend it so it could match both? As such:

check process foo_instance_a pidfile /var/run/foo_a.pid matching /bin/foo

...

check process foo_instance_b pidfile /var/run/foo_b.pid matching /bin/foo

...

Best regards,

Tolli

2010/11/17 Alessandro Ranellucci <address@hidden>

Hi all,

my server was rebooted and monit didn't start all services at boot. Infact, the pidfile for some of my services contained PIDs that after the reboot were used by other processes. For example, one was used by the cron daemon... This is why monit detected the process as running and didn't start it.

How can I ensure that monit starts my daemons at boot without trusting old pidfiles left by daemons before reboot?

Thank you,

   - alessandro.


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