Hi,
fixed the problem in the development version, will be part of next Monit
release (5.12.2). It will be possible to use both network check types:
check network virtnetw with address 1.2.3.4 # where 1.2.3.4 is IP alias
or:
check network virtnetw with interface "eth0:0"
Best regards,
Martin
> On 18 Mar 2015, at 14:18, Martin van Diemen <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> Hi Martin,
>
> Sorry but using the ip address results in the same error message:
> [CET Mar 18 14:16:26] error : 'virtnetw' link data gathering failed --
> Cannot read /sys/class/net/eth0:0/operstate -- No such file or directory
>
> Based on:
> check network virtnetw with address 1.2.3.4
>
> Groeten,
>
> Martin
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Martin van Diemen
> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Thank you for making this clear. The HWaddr is the same on both ethernet
> adapters so I used the IP address instead.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Martin
>
> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Martin Pala <[email protected]
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> The virtual interface (IP alias) doesn't have it's own network statistics ...
> it's part of the parent interface (eth0), we currently don't support using
> interface names like "eth0:0".
>
> You can set the IP address-based monitoring for IP alias, but it'll read the
> statistics of the parent interface too - for example:
>
> --8<--
> eth1:0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:33:44:55:66
> inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> --8<--
>
> can be monitored by:
>
> --8<--
> check network myipalias with address 192.168.1.100 # note: will find
> interface for 192.168.1.100, which is eth1 in this case
> --8<--
>
> or:
>
> --8<--
> check network mynet with interface eth1 # note: statistics include the
> interface itself and all its IP aliases
> --8<--
>
>
> Best regards,
> Martin
>
>
> > On 18 Mar 2015, at 13:12, Martin van Diemen <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > I've just installed the binary release which works great.
> >
> > I do have a virtual interfaces namede eth0:0. Monit would not recognise the
> > interface when reloading monit:
> > /etc/monit/conf.d/network:7: syntax error ':'
> >
> > When using quotes monit starts but monit.log shows:
> > [CET Mar 18 13:04:32] error : 'eth0:0' link data gathering failed --
> > Cannot read /sys/class/net/eth0:0/operstate -- No such file or directory
> >
> > Does monit support virtual interfaces?
> >
> > Martin
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 1:09 PM, Martin Pala <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> > We're sorry we provide only source code release and binary releases as
> > tar.gz archive, but no deb/rpm packages ... the Debian package maintainers
> > are very pro-active and keep the Monit package updated, you can try to
> > rebuild it for Ubuntu: https://packages.debian.org/sid/monit
> > <https://packages.debian.org/sid/monit>
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Martin
> >
> >
> >
> >> On 18 Mar 2015, at 11:18, Martin van Diemen <[email protected]
> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thanks Martin,
> >>
> >> $ monit -V
> >> This is Monit version 5.6
> >>
> >> Do you know a repository with a recent version? Thanks.
> >>
> >> Groeten,
> >>
> >> Martin
> >>
> >> On Wed, Mar 18, 2015 at 11:04 AM, Martin Pala <[email protected]
> >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> please check your Monit version (monit -V), the network monitoring was
> >> added in Monit 5.11.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Martin
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On 18 Mar 2015, at 10:37, Martin van Diemen <[email protected]
> >>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> I want to monitor my network interfaces with monit.
> >>>
> >>> I've created the following basic config file:
> >>> check network eth0 with interface eth0
> >>> if changed link then alert
> >>>
> >>> When reloading monit it would not load this config file:
> >>> /etc/monit/conf.d/network:1: Error: syntax error 'eth0'
> >>>
> >>> I've different machines (all Ubuntu 14.04 LTS) different interfaces
> >>> (eth0, eth1, lo) without any luck.
> >>>
> >>> According to the manual it should be that simple:
> >>> http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#NETWORK-LINK-STATUS-TEST
> >>> <http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#NETWORK-LINK-STATUS-TEST>
> >>>
> >>> Any thoughts? Many Thanks!
> >>>
> >>> Martin
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