Yeah, I got that. It's /var/log/messages in this case. Thanks, -Mark
-----Original Message----- From: monit-general <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ron Kelley Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 11:59 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message Glad to help. Note, in my email below, I said "send to /var/log/syslog" but my example has "/var/log/message". Just make sure to use same log file for logger and monit :-) -Ron On 6/10/20 12:56 PM, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] wrote: > Excellent idea, don't know why I didn't think of that. > > Thanks! > -Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: monit-general <[email protected]> On > Behalf Of Ron Kelley > Sent: Wednesday, June 10, 2020 11:53 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Generate a Test Message > > Quick and dirty way: Setup a cron job to log a message to /var/log/syslog > and then setup monit to watch for the message. > > Example: > > /etc/monit.d/monit.conf > ------------------------ > ############################################################################### > # Send daily test message > ############################################################################### > check file messages with path /var/log/message > if match "Daily monit alert" then alert > > > crontab file > ------------------------ > 0 0 * * * /bin/logger "Daily monit alert" > ------------------------ > > > Hope this helps! > > -Ron > > > > > On 6/10/20 12:48 PM, Faine, Mark R. (MSFC-IS40)[NICS] wrote: >> I am looking for a way to generate a message from Monit as a routine test >> just to ensure it is working and that we will receive alerts should any be >> generated.The problem is that if we have it configured properly and things >> are running well it can be a while before we see any messages from Monit. In >> this time, it is possible, even if unlikely, that there is a problem with >> Monit somewhere that has gone unnoticed and when something does happen we >> won't be notified.In order to prevent this, we are looking for a way to make >> Monit generate a test notice at least once per day to ensure it is >> functioning properly. I have googled for this and seen a few ideas for >> forcing a failure and changing the message but I was hoping that there may >> be a better way. >> >> Thanks, >> >> -Mark >> > >
