RE: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message

[Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS]]

Yeah, I got that.  It's /var/log/messages in this case.

Thanks,
-Mark


-----Original Message-----
From: monit-general <monit-general-bounces+mark.faine=nasa.gov@nongnu.org> On 
Behalf Of Ron Kelley
Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 11:59
To: monit-general@nongnu.org
Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message

Glad to help.

Note, in my email below, I said "send to /var/log/syslog" but my example has 
"/var/log/message".  Just make sure to use same log file for logger and monit 
:-)

-Ron


On 6/10/20 12:56 PM, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] wrote:
> Excellent idea, don't know why I didn't think of that.
> 
> Thanks!
> -Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: monit-general <monit-general-bounces+mark.faine=nasa.gov@nongnu.org> On 
> Behalf Of Ron Kelley
> Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 11:53
> To: monit-general@nongnu.org
> Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message
> 
> 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
>>
> 
>