Noel,
I see what you mean.
But if check_xyzzy fails, how can I cause xyzzy to be restarted? I don't know of any way to have one check cause another check to be restarted.
I was thinking more, and this may not be solvable with separate check statements.
I may have to combine both the checking of the process and checking of the actual functioning of the feature in a single unified script, like this:
=====================================
check program xyzzy with path "/root/check_xyzzy.sh"
start program "/root/start_xyzzy.sh"
stop program /usr/bin/pkill -f "xyzzy"
if status != 0 then restart
=====================================
where check_xyzzy.sh checks 2 things:
1) ps -ef | fgrep "xyzzy" -- to make sure the process exists
2) check the function that xyzzy provides, to make sure the function is working
It would return a bad status if either of these fails.
-- Steven
You have it backwards. check_xyzzy
depends on xyzzy.
First run the process, then run the
script to see if the process is working.
-- Noel Jones
On 10/8/2018 6:08 PM, Steven
Christensen wrote:
Hi Viktor,
Thank you for your examples. You have a very complex
monit configuration, and I can learn a lot.
However, I tried the "depends" implementation, but it did
not work when trying to start the service.
If my "xyzzy" service depends on "check_xyzzy" then it
will not be able to start, because before xyzzy is able to
start. monit wants check_xyzzy to work, but check_xyzzy
doesn't succeed, because xyzzy isn't running. It is a
"chicken and egg" problem.
-- Steven
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