Re: [monit] monitor checksum and timestamp

[Martin Pala]

Right now the compound statements like "IF <test1> AND <test2> THEN ..." 
are not supported (but we discussed it internally and plan to do it in 
the future.

In you case it could be possible to simplify the test probably to use 
timestamp only?

The timestamp checks the mtime and ctime, thus if the file was updated, 
the timestamps will change. Unless you are rewriting the file over and 
over regardless of changes (which may be eliminated by the checksum 
test), the timestamp-only solution could work.

Optionally if you will still need to check both checksum and timestamp, 
you can use just the checksum test in monit and modify the "/bin/backup" 
to check the timestamp before the file is copied.

Martin


Matthias Teege wrote:
> Moin,
>
> I need to backup configuration files after changes. 
>
> check file fluff_conf with path /etc/fluff.conf
>   if changed checksum
>       then exec "/bin/backup fluff.conf"
>
> works for this but if I make small changes the file was copied any two
> minutes. What I need is something like this:
>
> check file fluff_conf with path /etc/fluff.conf
>   if changed checksum and timestamp > 30 Minutes
>       then exec "/bin/backup fluff.conf"
>
> How do I config monit for that problem?
>
> Many thanks
> Matthias
>
>
>
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