Re: Known bug? Service entries need stop line.

[Martin Pala]

Francisco Reyes wrote:
>  From the little time in the list I see that a number of issues have 
> been resolved in CVS since the last release.
> Is there a list of fixed problems?

The changes are described in CHANGES.txt in cvs as well as in the 
distribution - for example cvsviewer:

http://savannah.nongnu.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs/monit/monit/CHANGES.txt


> Using version 4.6 I noticed that if the control file had a start, but 
> not a stop section that the service would not get monitored. Is that the 
> expected behavior?
>
> The configuration, as I first tried, was:
> check process spamd with pidfile /var/run/spamd.pid
>   start program = "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh start"
>   if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
>
> The one that did work:
> check process spamd with pidfile /var/run/spamd.pid
>   start program = "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh start"
>   stop program = "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/spamd.sh stop"
>   if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout

Can you run monit in verbose mode using -v switch and send the output?

It works for me:

1.) configuration:
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address@hidden monit]# cat /etc/monitrc_a
set daemon 5
set logfile syslog
set mailserver localhost
set alert address@hidden
set httpd port 2812 and
    allow 127.0.0.1

check process sshd with path /var/run/sshd.pid
    start program = "/bin/true"
    if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
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2.) result:
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address@hidden monit]# ./monit -vIc /etc/monitrc_a
Runtime constants:
 Control file       = /etc/monitrc_a
 Log file           = syslog
 Pid file           = /var/run/monit.pid
 Debug              = True
 Log                = True
 Use syslog         = True
 Is Daemon          = True
 Use process engine = True
 Poll time          = 5 seconds
 Mail server(s)     = localhost
 Mail from          = (not defined)
 Mail subject       = (not defined)
 Mail message       = (not defined)
 Start monit httpd  = True
 httpd bind address = Any/All
 httpd portnumber   = 2812
 httpd signature    = True
 Use ssl encryption = False
 httpd auth. style  = Basic Authentication and Host/Net allow list
 Alert mail to      = address@hidden
 Alert on           = All events

The service list contains the following entries:

Process Name          = sshd
 Pid file             = /var/run/sshd.pid
 Monitoring mode      = active
 Start program        = /bin/true
 Pid                  = if changed 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then alert
 Ppid                 = if changed 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then alert
 Timeout              = If 5 restart within 5 cycles then unmonitor 
else if passed then alert

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Starting monit daemon with http interface at [*:2812]
Starting monit HTTP server at [*:2812]
monit HTTP server started
Monit started
Monit instance changed notification is sent to address@hidden

'system' load average [0.00][0.05][0.06]
'system' memory usage 8.0% [166808 kB]
'system' cpu usage 0.0%us 0.0%sy 0.0%wa
'sshd' zombie check passed [status_flag=0000]

'system' load average [0.00][0.05][0.06]
'system' memory usage 8.0% [166904 kB]
'system' cpu usage 0.0%us 0.0%sy 5.9%wa
'sshd' zombie check passed [status_flag=0000]
'sshd' PID has not changed since last cycle
'sshd' PPID has not changed since last cycle

'system' load average [0.00][0.04][0.06]
'system' memory usage 8.0% [166912 kB]
'system' cpu usage 0.0%us 0.0%sy 1.9%wa
'sshd' zombie check passed [status_flag=0000]
'sshd' PID has not changed since last cycle
'sshd' PPID has not changed since last cycle

Shutting down monit HTTP server
monit HTTP server stopped
monit daemon with pid [15649] killed
Monit stopped
Monit instance changed notification is sent to address@hidden
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Martin