Re: Monit restarting Apache stops but doesn't start

[Jeb Wilkins]

Thanks Martin, that fixed it.

Jebw

On Saturday, 16 April 2011, Martin Pala <address@hidden> wrote:
> You can use the connection test within 'check process' context as well, you 
> just need to add the hostname to the port test otherwise it defaults to 
> localhost:
> check process apache with pidfile /var/run/apache2.pid        every 2 cycles
>       start program = "/etc/init.d/apache2 start" with timeout 60 seconds
>       stop program = "/etc/init.d/apache2 stop"
>       if failed host  this.host.net <http://this.host.net/> port 80 and 
> protocol http         and request "/login"
>               with timeout 15 seconds
>               for 4 cycles
>               then restart
>       if 3 restarts within 10 cycles then timeout
>
> => this will test both the process itself and its tcp port + will be wait for 
> the process to start in case of restart.
>
> Regards,Martin
>
> On Apr 15, 2011, at 11:33 PM, Jeb Wilkins wrote:
> Hi,I'm using check host because I'm getting rare hangs where apache still is 
> running but isn't responding to http requests.After the start command runs 
> apache is still down, its not responding to requests until another cycle 
> restarts it again.Thanks,Jeb
> On 15 Apr 2011 21:15, "Martin Pala" <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Based on the config it seems that the monitored apache runs on the same host 
> (otherwise the start+stop won't be able to do anything with it) => it will be 
> better to switch to "check process" - Monit will be able to check whether the 
> process was started and will wait for the start to finish - the "check host" 
> is remote check which has no control of the remote process, it will call the 
> start script but won't wait for the process to start so you'll see the result 
> during next cycle.
>
> Regards,
> Martin
>
>
>
> On Apr 13, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Jeb Wilkins wrote:
>
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