the question remains but I no longer think this is the cause of my problem,
this is associated with a test of the system for disk-space, cpu-load etc

On 22 July 2011 12:26, Nick Upson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I've tracked this down to this entry
>
>
> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : restart service 'openvpn_server' on user
> request
> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : monit daemon at 3426 awakened
> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : Awakened by User defined signal 1
> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] debug    : monit: Cannot open proc file
> /proc/23953/stat -- No such file or directory
> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] debug    : system statistic error -- cannot read
> /proc/23953/stat
>
> I assume monit was trying to check the status of process 23953, but why
> would it fail?
>
>
> On 22 July 2011 10:56, Nick Upson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> running 5.2.5-1, I have 3 services, openvpn_server, ntpd and named. ntpd
>> and named are dependant on openvpn_server.
>>
>> monit was told to restart openvpn_server, the log extract below appears to
>> show that monit converted this into a stop and start which ran too close
>> together.
>>
>> I think that the stop had not completed when the start began, which is why
>> the pid file was not present, the pid file was then removed by the stop,
>>
>> This left openvpn_server in a state such that monit kept restarting it,
>> but failed (see second extract), which kept repeating
>>
>>
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : restart service 'openvpn_server' on user
>> request
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : monit daemon at 3426 awakened
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : Awakened by User defined signal 1
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] debug    : monit: Cannot open proc file
>> /proc/23953/stat -- No such file or directory
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] debug    : system statistic error -- cannot read
>> /proc/23953/stat
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : 'openvpn_server' trying to restart
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] debug    : Monitoring disabled -- service ntpd
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:44] info     : 'ntpd' stop: /etc/init.d/ntpd
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:45] debug    : monit: pidfile '/var/run/ntpd.pid' does
>> not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:45] debug    : Monitoring disabled -- service named
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:45] info     : 'named' stop: /etc/init.d/named
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:46] debug    : Monitoring disabled -- service
>> openvpn_server
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:46] info     : 'openvpn_server' stop:
>> /etc/init.d/openvpn_server
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:47] debug    : 'openvpn_server' Error testing process id
>> [3601] -- No such process
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:47] debug    : 'openvpn_server' Error testing process id
>> [3601] -- No such process
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:47] info     : 'openvpn_server' start:
>> /etc/init.d/openvpn_server
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:47] debug    : 'openvpn_server' Error testing process id
>> [3601] -- No such process
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:47] debug    : 'openvpn_server' Error testing process id
>> [3601] -- No such process
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:48] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:49] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:50] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:51] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:39:52] error    : 'openvpn_server' failed to start
>>
>>
>>
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] error    : 'openvpn_server' process is not running
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x805442e]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(LogError+0x22)
>> [0x8054842]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(Event_post+0x382)
>> [0x8051f22]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(check_process+0xb0)
>> [0x8065e10]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(validate+0x1bf)
>> [0x80662cf]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x80567aa]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(main+0x55f)
>> [0x805710f]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :
>> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x391e9c]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x804ee51]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] info     : 'openvpn_server' trying to restart
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] debug    : Monitoring disabled -- service ntpd
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:04] info     : 'ntpd' stop: /etc/init.d/ntpd
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : monit: pidfile '/var/run/ntpd.pid' does
>> not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : Monitoring disabled -- service named
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : Monitoring disabled -- service
>> openvpn_server
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] info     : 'openvpn_server' start:
>> /etc/init.d/openvpn_server
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:05] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:06] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:07] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:08] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:09] debug    : monit: pidfile
>> '/var/run/openvpn_server.pid' does not exist
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] error    : 'openvpn_server' failed to start
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x805442e]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(LogError+0x22)
>> [0x8054842]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(Event_post+0x382)
>> [0x8051f22]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x804fceb]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(control_service+0xbb)
>> [0x804ff1b]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x8051810]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(Event_post+0x3be)
>> [0x8051f5e]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(check_process+0xb0)
>> [0x8065e10]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(validate+0x1bf)
>> [0x80662cf]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x80567aa]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit(main+0x55f)
>> [0x805710f]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :
>> /lib/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xdc) [0x391e9c]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :     /usr/bin/monit [0x804ee51]
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    :
>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> [BST Jul 21 14:43:10] debug    : Monitoring enabled -- service
>> openvpn_server
>>
>> --
>> Nick Upson (01799 533252)
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Nick Upson (01799 533252)
>
>


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