Re: Trying to use both hostheader and checksum

[Callum Macdonald]

Great, thanks. I have the checks working now.

The documentation explicitly states the opposite order:
PROTO(COL) HTTP [REQUEST {"/path"} [with HOSTHEADER "string"] [with
CHECKSUM checksum]

Shall I file a documentation bug somewhere?

Cheers - Callum.

On Thu, 2012-03-15 at 17:55 +0100, Martin Pala wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> the request options order is significant - the checksum should be before the 
> hostheader option, the following will work (the checksum and hostheader is 
> switched):
> 
> --8<--
> check process apache with pidfile /var/run/apache2.pid
>     if failed host 10.0.0.1 port 80 protocol http
>                   and request '/path/to/file.html'
>                   with checksum aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf
>                   with hostheader 'example.tld'
>                   for 2 cycles
>                   then restart
> --8<--
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 14, 2012, at 11:29 PM, Callum Macdonald wrote:
> 
> > Hola Lukasz,
> > 
> > I wondered if it was a version issue so I checked the local manpage and
> > it mentions hostheader. Monit version 5.2.5
> > 
> > Sounds like maybe it's not something so obvious after all... :-)
> > 
> > Cheers - Callum.
> > 
> > On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 15:00 -0600, Lukasz Piwowarek wrote:
> >> Callum,
> >> 
> >> 
> >> What version of Monit are you running? Im sitting here on 5.0.3 and
> >> hostheader is not supported I think.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> I also saw a thread that in version 5.1.0 the support for this
> >> function was broken and had to be patched - consider compiling latest
> >> release from source and give that a try.
> >> 
> >> 
> >> Lukasz
> >> 
> >> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 1:23 PM, Callum Macdonald
> >> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>        Thanks for the reply Lukasz.
> >> 
> >>        with is a noise keyword AFAIK:
> >> 
> >>        You can use noise keywords like 'if', `and', `with(in)',
> >>        `has', `using',
> >>        'use', 'on(ly)', `usage' and `program(s)' anywhere in an entry
> >>        to make
> >>        it resemble English. They're ignored, but can make entries
> >>        much easier
> >>        to read at a glance. The punctuation characters ';' ',' and
> >>        '=' are also
> >>        ignored. Keywords are case insensitive.
> >> 
> >>        Unless I'm missing something, your suggested syntax is
> >>        therefore the
> >>        same as what I have tried. Or did I misunderstand?
> >> 
> >>        Cheers - Callum.
> >> 
> >>        On Wed, 2012-03-14 at 13:19 -0600, Lukasz Piwowarek wrote:
> >>> I think the correct syntax should be:
> >>> 
> >>> with
> >>>    hostheader 'example.tld'
> >>>    checksum 'derpderp'
> >>> for
> >>>    2 cycles
> >>> then
> >>>    restart
> >>> 
> >>> The tabbing is not needed but I use it like this.
> >>> 
> >>> Cheers
> >>> 
> >>> Lukasz
> >>> 
> >>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 11:07 AM, Callum Macdonald
> >>> <address@hidden> wrote:
> >>>        I have this within my /etc/monit/conf.d/apache.mon
> >>        file:
> >>> 
> >>>        check process apache with
> >>        pidfile /var/run/apache2.pid
> >>>        if failed host 10.0.0.1 port 80 protocol http
> >>>               and request '/path/to/file.html'
> >>>               with hostheader 'example.tld'
> >>>               with checksum
> >>        aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaf
> >>>               for 2 cycles
> >>>               then restart
> >>> 
> >>>        Then `sudo monit -t` produces:
> >>>        /etc/monit/conf.d/apache.mon:5: Error: syntax error
> >>        'checksum'
> >>> 
> >>>        With either hostheader OR checksum, tI get syntax
> >>        ok. But with
> >>>        both, I
> >>>        always get an error on one or the other.
> >>> 
> >>>        I'm struggling to figure out what the issue is. I've
> >>        been over
> >>>        the docs
> >>>        for this section again and again. The manual says:
> >>> 
> >>>        PROTO(COL) HTTP [REQUEST {"/path"} [with HOSTHEADER
> >>        "string"]
> >>>        [with
> >>>        CHECKSUM checksum]
> >>> 
> >>>        if failed host 192.168.1.100 port 8080 protocol http
> >>>            and request '/testing' hostheader 'example.com'
> >>>            with timeout 20 seconds for 2 cycles
> >>>         then alert
> >>> 
> >>>        What am I missing? How do I use both hostheader and
> >>        checksum?
> >>> 
> >>>        Cheers - Callum.
> >>> 
> >>>        ==
> >>>        Callum Macdonald
> >>> 
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