Re: [monit] Alerts not being triggered

[Bruce Reed]

4.9 rpm from rpmforge


On 1/16/09 11:55 AM, "Martin Pala" <address@hidden> wrote:

> The configuration looks OK.
> 
> What monit version it is?
> 
> Thanks,
> Martin
> 
> 
> On Jan 16, 2009, at 8:22 PM, Bruce Reed wrote:
> 
>> Here is the verbose output. Looks like verbose output begins and
>> ends at
>> process start up (host/domain names changed):
>> 
>> Starting Process Monitor (monit): monit: Debug: Adding host allow
>> 'localhost'
>> monit: Debug: Skipping redundant host 'localhost'
>> monit: Debug: Skipping redundant host 'localhost'
>> monit: Debug: Adding credentials for user 'admin'.
>> Runtime constants:
>> Control file       = /etc/monit.conf
>> 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          = 60 seconds
>> Mail server(s)     = prodsmtp.mydomain.net
>> Mail from          = address@hidden
>> Mail subject       = monit alert --  $EVENT $SERVICE
>> Mail message       = $EVENT Service $SERV..(truncated)
>> Start monit httpd  = True
>> httpd bind address = localhost
>> 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          = ntpd
>> Pid file             = /var/run/ntpd.pid
>> Monitoring mode      = active
>> Start program        = '/etc/init.d/ntpd start' timeout 1 cycle(s)
>> Stop program         = '/etc/init.d/ntpd stop' timeout 1 cycle(s)
>> Pid                  = if changed 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then alert
>> Ppid                 = if changed 1 times within 1 cycle(s) then alert
>> Timeout              = If 3 restart within 3 cycles then unmonitor
>> else if
>> passed then alert
>> 
>> System Name           = test-prod.mydomain.net
>> Monitoring mode      = active
>> 
>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> ---
>> monit: pidfile '/var/run/monit.pid' does not exist
>> Starting monit daemon with http interface at [localhost:2812]
>> 
>> 
>> Then when ntp is killed I see the following in /var/log/messages:
>> 
>> Jan 16 19:10:50 test-prod ntpd[13505]: ntpd exiting on signal 15
>> Jan 16 19:11:32 test-prod monit[2398]: 'ntpd' process is not running
>> Jan 16 19:11:32 test-prod monit[2398]: 'ntpd' trying to restart
>> Jan 16 19:11:32 test-prod monit[2398]: 'ntpd' start: /etc/init.d/ntpd
>> Jan 16 19:11:32 test-prod ntpd[2541]: ntpd address@hidden Tue Jun 10
>> 00:07:18 UTC 2008 (1)
>> Jan 16 19:11:32 test-prod ntpd[2542]: precision = 2.000 usec
>> .
>> .
>> 
>> There is no additional output from monit and no attempt to send mail
>> according to maillog.
>> 
>> On 1/16/09 3:52 AM, "Jan-Henrik Haukeland" <address@hidden>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> Have you tried to specify which mail server Monit should use for
>>> alerts?
>>> 
>>> See
>>> http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#setting_a_mail_server_for_a
>>> le
>>> rt_messages
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 16. jan.. 2009, at 08.00, Bruce Reed wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I¹ve just begun using monit and I am having difficulties getting
>>>> monit to send mail. I¹m testing using ntpd and it is restarting the
>>>> process, but not sending mail on service restart events or timeout.
>>>> In monit.conf I have:
>>>> 
>>>> set alert address@hidden
>>>> 
>>>> I then had a check statement like this:
>>>> 
>>>> check process ntpd with pidfile /var/run/ntpd.pid
>>>>    start program = "/etc/init.d/ntpd start"
>>>>    stop program  = "/etc/init.d/ntpd stop"
>>>>    if 3 restarts within 3 cycles then timeout
>>>>    alert address@hidden only on { timeout }
>>>> 
>>>> After 3 successive kills of ntpd and restarts by monit, a timeout
>>>> message was logged, but no mail was sent. I tried removing the alert
>>>> statement to see if mail would be sent on any event, but I only see
>>>> information iogged and no mail is sent. Nothing in /var/log/maillog
>>>> either.
>>>> 
>>>> Funny thing is, when I first set this up monit attempted to send
>>>> mail, but an ACL on my postifx server prevented it from getting
>>>> through. I fixed that and retried my test, but from that point on no
>>>> mail was sent. Thought perhaps this was a state caching issue, but
>>>> no change across monit restart and I installed monit on another
>>>> server using the same conf files and I get the same results there.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Bruce
>>> 
>>> 
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