Re: Question about restart/stop

[Martin Pala]

On Oct 15, 2013, at 3:05 PM, "Jorge Bastos" <address@hidden> wrote:

>>> if failed port 143 protocol imap with timeout 20 seconds within 1
>> cycles then stop
>>> 
>>> but monit it self stop's, is this normal?!
>> 
>> The "if failed port 143 protocol imap with timeout 20 seconds within 1
>> cycles then stop" will stop the service and disable its monitoring -
>> Monit itself should continue (the "stop" action is only for the service
>> in which context is defined).
>> 
>> You can enable the monitoring again using either "monit monitor
>> <servicename>" or "monit start <servicename>".
> 
> Monit stop's running that's what I find odd.
> 
> Allow me to ask, can I use restart instead of stop, and since I don't have a
> "start program" defined, it won't do nothing for start, right?


You can run monit in foreground and enable debug mode:

        monit -vI

Regarding the restart - if the start or stop program is missing and the 
monitored service is process ("check process"), then the restart is not 
performed at all (even stop is skipped).