Different actions/thresholds in one service test?

[Michael Parker]

Hi all,

I was wondering if there were ways to "collapse" the two "failed port" service tests below:

* * * * *

check process apache with pidfile /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid

start program = ...

stop program = ...

...

if failed port 443 type tcpssl protocol http

request "/some/path" hostheader "some.domain.com"

with timeout 10 seconds

then alert

if failed port 443 type tcpssl protocol http

request "/some/path" hostheader "some.domain.com"

with timeout 10 seconds

3 times within 4 cycles

then restart

* * * * *

Meaning I can apply different actions with different thresholds in one service test. Something that might look like:

* * * * *

if failed port 443 type tcpssl protocol http

request "/some/path" hostheader "some.domain.com"

with timeout 10 seconds

if 1 time within 1 cycle

then alert

elif 3 times within 4 cycles

then restart

* * * * *

I'm not looking to this for efficiency (i.e. sending one request versus two per cycle), but to make the escalation in my control file more readable.

Thanks,

Mike