On Wed, 26 Dec 2001, Ed Ravin wrote:
> As an alternative to this, how about a syntax in mon.cf that
> would let us stuff arbitrary variables into the mon structure?
> Like:
>
> service ftp
> depend SELF:inetd
> interval 5m
> monitor ftp.monitor
> var downmessage "Production FTP has failed, fix it now!"
> var upmessage "Production FTP is back"
unfortunately i neglected to add it to the man page, but there is already
a similar capability. for example:
watch something
service ftp
interval 5m
monitor ftp.monitor
MON_VAR=this is the value
when the monitor or alert for that service is called it sets
the environment variable "MON_VAR" to "this is the value".
it's up to the monitor or the alert to provide meaning.
is that what you're asking for?
