Re: Email alert formating

[Martin Pala]

Rishikesh Dongre wrote:
> A question -
> Is it possible to have two different email format, one for "Resource limit matched" and 
> another for "Resource limit passed"?

No

> I have defined following in my /etc/monit.conf file - 
> ----Start here----
> check device tmp-85 path /tmp
>    start program = "/usr/local/monit-4.6/bin/monit -c /etc/monit.conf monitor 
> tmp-80"
>    stop program = "/usr/local/monit-4.6/bin/monit -c /etc/monit.conf unmonitor 
> tmp-80"
>    if space usage > 85% then stop else if passed then start
>    if inode usage > 85% then stop else if passed then start
>    alert address@hidden on { resource, match } with mail-format { subject: ** 
> ATTENTION ***** Monit Alerts -- $EVENT /tmp filesystem > 85% on $HOST*****
>    message: /tmp filesystem is 85% full. Please FREE Up Space IMMEDIATELY.
>
>       Date   : $DATE
>       Action : Alert
>       Host   : $HOST
>
> Your faithful employee,
> Monit } with reminder on 1 cycles
> ----End----
>
> But when I checked the status, Alert reminder sets to 589328 cycles even it is 
> defined to 1 cycle.

You are right - it seems that there is some bug ... i will look on it.

> And on passing resource limit, 
> I received "Resource limit passed" email also which i dont want or want to set some other message. Becasue when it passed, I am getting the same message like /tmp filesystem is 85% full.

I think this could be solved internaly by adding the description to the 
passed event emited by the testing machine (similary to the failed state 
description). The $DESCRIPTION macro will then provide better message on 
'passed' state.

Martin