RE: [monit] Starting monit from rc script

[Gilad Benjamini]

With 5.0, will I still have to call "stop all" before stopping monit ?
AFAIK this would stop monitoring on these services (i.e. make them
"manual"), and would prevent
them from starting next time.

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> Subject: Re: [monit] Starting monit from rc script
> 
> You can disable starting of services from by init in given run levels
> and let monit start them.
> 
> By default the monitoring mode is automatic which will enable
> monitoring of all service by default and if the service is not
> running, it will start it. The "start all" command is thus not
> necessary unless you have some services in manual monitoring mode.
> 
> There are important fixes in upcoming monit-5.0 (you can get beta here:
> http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/beta/
> 
> It fixes the described race condition where monit tried to start the
> service but before the start was finished, the monitoring thread
> detected that the service is not running and tried to restart it (in
> parallel to pending start action).
> 
> 
> Martin
> 
> 
> On Jan 21, 2009, at 8:47 PM, Gilad Benjamini wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > I am trying to find the right way to start monit on my system.
> > My requirements are simple: start all services at boot time, stop
> > all of
> > them when shutting down.
> > Using monit 4.10.1
> >
> > The documentation recommends running monit from init. I find this
> > problematic as it lacks the flexibility of /etc/rc.d scripts to
> > determine
> > the order of execution. I can choose to run monit before or after
> init
> > scripts, but nowhere in between.
> > Is there any way around it ?
> >
> > Assuming there isn't, I have a few issues with my /etc/init.d/monit
> > script
> >
> > The FAQ includes a comment (suggested by myself...) to "start all"
> > as part
> > of the init script.
> > Should this be called before or after starting the monit daemon ?
> > I tried both combination. In both I seem to run into situations
> > where, by
> > the time the second command runs, services haven't completed their
> > startup,
> > and the second command tries to restart the service.
> > I tried this with both "start all" and "monitor all", with similar
> > results.
> >
> > What's the clean solution ?
> > Perhaps to remove the state file and then start the daemon ? Will
> > that do it
> > ? When monit starts, in the lack of a state file, does it assume
> > that all
> > services are monitored and should be started ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance
> > Gilad
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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