Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message

[Ron Kelley]

Glad to help.

Note, in my email below, I said "send to /var/log/syslog" but my example has 
"/var/log/message".  Just make sure to use same log file for logger and monit :-)

-Ron


On 6/10/20 12:56 PM, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] wrote:
> Excellent idea, don't know why I didn't think of that.
>
> Thanks!
> -Mark
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: monit-general <monit-general-bounces+mark.faine=nasa.gov@nongnu.org> On 
> Behalf Of Ron Kelley
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 11:53
> To: monit-general@nongnu.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message
>
> Quick and dirty way:  Setup a cron job to log a message to /var/log/syslog and 
> then setup monit to watch for the message.
>
> Example:
>
> /etc/monit.d/monit.conf
> ------------------------
> ###############################################################################
> # Send daily test message
> ###############################################################################
> check file messages with path /var/log/message
>      if match "Daily monit alert" then alert
>
>
> crontab file
> ------------------------
> 0 0 * * * /bin/logger "Daily monit alert"
> ------------------------
>
>
> Hope this helps!
>
> -Ron
>
>
>
>
> On 6/10/20 12:48 PM, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] wrote:
> > I am looking for a way to generate a message from Monit as a routine test just 
> > to ensure it is working and that we will receive alerts should any be 
> > generated.The problem is that if we have it configured properly and things are 
> > running well it can be a while before we see any messages from Monit. In this 
> > time, it is possible, even if unlikely, that there is a problem with Monit 
> > somewhere that has gone unnoticed and when something does happen we won't be 
> > notified.In order to prevent this, we are looking for a way to make Monit 
> > generate a test notice at least once per day to ensure it is functioning 
> > properly. I have googled for this and seen a few ideas for forcing a failure 
> > and changing the message but I was hoping that there may be a better way.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > -Mark