Re: Starting & stopping applications depending on AC state

[Martin Pala]

Hi,

Monit executes the program directly - not via shell => you need to wrap it if you want to use pipe, etc.:

check program "/bin/bash -c 'upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 | grep -qP discharging'"

if status != 0 then exec "/usr/bin/systemctl start application_service"

Regards,

Martin

On 06 Oct 2014, at 06:53, Tom Shirpen <address@hidden> wrote:

Hi everyone,

I am new to monit and want to use it to run a couple of applications depending on the AC state of my laptop.

If my laptop is running on battery:

 then start a number of systemd services

if running on AC:

 stop a number of systemd services

I looked for inspiration in some of the existing examples but fail to properly set up a config. This is what I have so far:

check program upower -i /org/freedesktop/UPower/devices/battery_BAT0 " grep -qP "state:\s*discharging" if status != 0 then exec "/usr/bin/systemctl start application_service"

I would very much appreciate any advice on the right syntax!

Bests,

Tom

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