:) thank you. i think i would just stick with the defaults for now. looks pretty complicated for a noob like me. so, how would i make monit execute the script? as the script checks if the field has been written for the past 12hrs. im initially thinking i would just do all this in cron.
> Subject: Re: Monit and SQL query > From: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 17:20:31 +0200 > To: [email protected] > > Yes, more or less. To have Monit send an alert message that is printed from > your script, follow this receipt > > 1) Add a custom mail format to the check, where the message body is just > $DESCRIPTION: > > check program foo with path "/path/to/foo.sh" > alert [email protected] mail-format { message: $DESCRIPTION } > if status != 0 then alert > > 2) Make your script write the error message you want to send to stderr. Here > is a demo script I used to test this: > > foo.sh: > > #!/bin/bash > > echo 1>&2 "Hello this is an error message from $0"; > exit 1; > > 3) The alert mail you get from Monit will look something like this. > > status failed (1) for /path/to/foo.sh -- Error: Hello this is an error > message from /path/to/foo.sh > > The prefix 'status failed (1) for /path/to/foo.sh -- Error: ' is hardcoded in > validate.c:check_program and if it bothers you, just remove the prefix. > > That is replace this line > > Event_post(s, Event_Status, STATE_FAILED, status->action, "status failed > (%d) for %s -- Error: %s..", s->program->exitStatus, s->path, buf); > > With this one: > > Event_post(s, Event_Status, STATE_FAILED, status->action, "%s", buf); > > and recompile Monit. > > Hope this helps. > > > On Sep 16, 2012, at 4:33 PM, Charles Pino <[email protected]> wrote: > > > i had it somehow working, but the alerts message / email is somewhat not > > really nice to look at. > > > > > > Status failed Service foo > > > > Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:12:38 > > Action: alert > > Host: orecx > > Description: status failed (1) for /root/mysql.py. Error: 1 > > . > > > > Your faithful employee, > > Monit > > > > > > my question is. can i change the status failed service to my own message? > > as well as > > Description: status failed (1) for /root/mysql.py. Error: 1 -- id like to > > have it say that the db hasnt been any writes in the past 12 hrs etc etc. > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: > https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/monit-general
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