Re: [monit] I want monit to stop a process when monitored one doesn't start

[Martin Pala]

The timeout statement doesn't support other actions currently.

We plan the support for what you have described.

Martin


Edith de la Torre wrote:
> Hello:
>
> I have a process being monitored by monit. Now, if it doesn`t start,
> usually we do:
>
> if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
>
> but i want something like:
>
> if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then exec "stop another process"
>
> but monit tells me there's an error in configuration file when i use
> "exec".
>
> So what can i do if i want monito to stop process 2 when process 1 is
> down and does not start?
>
> Thanks in advanced for your help