You can monitor remote mysql service provided it listens on TCP port. If the 
remote host doesn't accept TCP connections then you (logically) cannot test it 
via TCP - you can for example install monit on this remote host and test it 
locally too.

The SSL has nothing to do with it.



On Jun 6, 2013, at 12:18 PM, Aswin Roy <[email protected]> wrote:

> I am able to monitor MySQL on localhost (my computer) with this code:
> 
>  check process mysql with pidfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
>    group database
>    start program = "/etc/init.d/mysql restart"
>    stop program = "/etc/init.d/mysql stop"
>    if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 3306 then restart
>    if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout
> 
> 
>  So, should I be testing the remote host system in which I am trying to 
> monitor MySQL on? 
> 
> Also, I installed monit using apt-get command and hence I did not install 
> ssl. Does it have anything to do with it? 
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe your mysql server is set to not accept TCP connections on the given 
> address. You can use netstat/lsof to check whether mysql listens for 
> connections and try to connect to the mysql server port for example using 
> telnet to see, whether the connection can be established.
> 
> Regards,
> Martin
> 
> 
> On Jun 6, 2013, at 8:54 AM, AswinRoy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am using monit to monitor MySQL on another system in my same network. The
> > ICMP echo request is established. But, monitoring ports ( MySQL ) doesn't
> > work. Error shown is cannot open connection to INET ( ip address) via TCP
> > when i checked the events through M/Monit. The code I use in monitrc file is
> > :
> >
> >   check host remotehost with address xxx.xxx.x.xxx
> >   if failed icmp type echo count 3 with timeout 3 seconds then alert
> >   if failed port 3306 protocol mysql with timeout 15 seconds then alert
> >
> > Should there be any change in the code? Or is it something regarding the
> > port? I tried disabling ipv6 firewall using:
> > sudo ufw disable
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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