Re: "check now" command

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i'd recommend to delegate the alert delivery to M/Monit - Monit itself doesn't 
aggregate alerts. 


> On 31 Jul 2018, at 21:29, SZÉPE Viktor <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> While doing "monit validate" I've received as many alert emails as there are 
> checks.
> Can we do something about it?
> 
> 
> Idézem/Quoting address@hidden:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> you can use "monit validate" to trigger the monitoring cycle and collect 
>> status.
>> 
>> The "check program" will have however one cycle delay, as monit currently 
>> collects the result the next cycle after the program is executed (to not 
>> block other tests).
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Martin
>> 
>> 
>>> On 31 Jul 2018, at 10:31, SZÉPE Viktor <address@hidden> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Usually I need "check now" when I am debugging an unknown problem.
>>> 
>>> Idézem/Quoting Guillaume François <address@hidden>:
>>> 
>>>> I would prefer something like:
>>>> check every 5 cycles when ok
>>>> check every 2 cycles when failling
>>>> 
>>>> check for quick recovery
>>>> 
>>>> or the way around (prefer to remove as fast as possible problematic server
>>>> from pool)
>>>> 
>>>> check every 1 cycle when ok
>>>> check every 10 cycle when failing
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Currently this kind of thing can be achieve with two  excluding checks  and
>>>> enabling the other when "failling")
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Le mar. 31 juil. 2018 à 09:09, Roose, Marco <address@hidden> a
>>>> écrit :
>>>> 
>>>>> I very much like that idea!
>>>>> 
>>>>> Kind regards,
>>>>> Marco Roose
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>>> From: monit-general <monit-general-bounces+marco.roose=
>>>>> address@hidden> On Behalf Of SZÉPE Viktor
>>>>> Sent: Monday, July 30, 2018 10:29 PM
>>>>> To: monit-general <address@hidden>
>>>>> Subject: "check now" command
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hello!
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am a happy monit user.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Sometime I face a situation when a check has a temporary problem.
>>>>> 
>>>>> # Number of resolvers
>>>>> check program network_resolv
>>>>>    with path "/usr/local/sbin/server-integrity.sh -c RES -r 3" every
>>>>> 33 cycles
>>>>>   group integrity
>>>>>   if status != 0 then alert
>>>>> 
>>>>> So if it goes to "failed" status it would be nice to have a dedicated
>>>>> "check now" command that would evaluate the status of the check again.
>>>>> Work-arounds may exist but I am looking for a straight-forwards solution.
>>>>> (currently I issue monit reload for that with is not optimal)
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> SZÉPE Viktor, honlap üzemeltetés / Running your application
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