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Re: Generate a Test Message


From: Ron Kelley
Subject: Re: Generate a Test Message
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2020 12:53:26 -0400
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Quick and dirty way:  Setup a cron job to log a message to /var/log/syslog and 
then setup monit to watch for the message.

Example:

/etc/monit.d/monit.conf
------------------------
###############################################################################
# Send daily test message
###############################################################################
check file messages with path /var/log/message
   if match "Daily monit alert" then alert


crontab file
------------------------
0 0 * * * /bin/logger "Daily monit alert"
------------------------


Hope this helps!

-Ron




On 6/10/20 12:48 PM, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] wrote:
I am looking for a way to generate a message from Monit as a routine test just 
to ensure it is working and that we will receive alerts should any be 
generated.The problem is that if we have it configured properly and things are 
running well it can be a while before we see any messages from Monit. In this 
time, it is possible, even if unlikely, that there is a problem with Monit 
somewhere that has gone unnoticed and when something does happen we won't be 
notified.In order to prevent this, we are looking for a way to make Monit 
generate a test notice at least once per day to ensure it is functioning 
properly. I have googled for this and seen a few ideas for forcing a failure 
and changing the message but I was hoping that there may be a better way.

Thanks,

-Mark




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