Re: How do you set different e-mail subjects per alert?

[Callum Macdonald]

There's an error in your configuration.

The format is not if test then alert address@hidden, the alert statement is
global to the whole check. So the correct format is:
if test then alert
if test2 then alert
alert address@hidden

In your specific case, that translates into an extra "alert" keyword
like so:
check file import.lastrun with path /var/lib/import.lastrun
    if timestamp > 28 hours then alert
    alert address@hidden with mail-format { subject: "XYZ import error" }

Or it might be simpler to understand if you look at it this way:
check file import.lastrun with path /var/lib/import.lastrun
    alert address@hidden with mail-format { subject: "XYZ import error" }
    if timestamp > 28 hours then alert

Tested on Monit version 5.3.2. :-)

Cheers - Callum.

On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 13:07 +1000, Adam Nielsen wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I have a bunch of tests which do somewhat cryptic things (like checking 
> timestamps of log files), so because a check failure doesn't immediately 
> explain what the problem is I would like to include a more descriptive 
> message in the e-mail subject of the alert.
> 
> Looking at the Monit documentation, I should be able to do something 
> like this:
> 
> check file import.lastrun with path /var/lib/import.lastrun
>    if timestamp > 28 hours then
>      alert address@hidden with mail-format { subject: "XYZ import error" }
> 
> Unfortunately this gives me the following error:
> 
>    /etc/monit/monitrc:3: Error: syntax error 'address@hidden'
> 
> I'm not sure why it's rejecting the e-mail address, as that's the way 
> the command is listed in the documentation.  I don't really want to 
> specify the e-mail address anyway, as I want all alerts to go to the 
> same place, as specified by the "set alert" command.
> 
> So if I leave the address off, hoping it will use the default, I then 
> get this error:
> 
>    /etc/monit/monitrc:3: Error: syntax error 'mail-format'
> 
> I'm a bit confused as I can't see what I am doing differently to the 
> examples in the docs.
> 
> Can anyone advise how to change the e-mail subject for specific alert 
> messages?
> 
> Many thanks,
> Adam.
> 
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