Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-15 Thread Alexander Moisseev
On 15.10.15 10:47, madams9 wrote: > Consequently, I'm setting Monit to tell me whether the process is running or > not and that's it. This seems okay for now, but I continue to look into > finding a way to test these things to determine whether they are running and > at least sending an alert. >

[BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-15 Thread madams9
Thanks much for all the attention and good ideas. I have done some research and some thinking on this and I believe I have a resolution. As near as I can tell, monitoring processes like BackupPC with Monit is pretty much limited to indicating whether or not that process is running. There seems

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-13 Thread Bowie Bailey
On 10/12/2015 5:24 PM, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > On 10/12 09:41 , Holger Parplies wrote: >>> Hmm, the stock monitrc file provides the following suggestion among others: >>> #if failed url http://user:passw...@www.foo.bar:8080/?querystring >>> # and content == 'action="j_security_ch

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-12 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 10/12 09:41 , Holger Parplies wrote: > > Hmm, the stock monitrc file provides the following suggestion among others: > > #if failed url http://user:passw...@www.foo.bar:8080/?querystring > > # and content == 'action="j_security_check"' > > > > So perhaps monit could log into the Backu

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-12 Thread Holger Parplies
Hi, madams9 wrote on 2015-10-11 15:28:21 -0700 [[BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit]: > [...] > At any rate, I have a BackupPC installation on a server in a closet. It is > connected to the network wirelessly. I understand the implications but > remember - this is my personal networ

Re: [BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-12 Thread Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom
On 10/11 03:28 , madams9 wrote: > ## BACKUP PC > check process backuppc with pidfile "/var/log/backuppc/BackupPC.pid" > start program "/usr/sbin/service backuppc start" > stop program "/usr/sbin/service backuppc stop" > if failed host adamsmdk port 16073 proto http then restart # change if not > l

[BackupPC-users] BackuPC with Monit

2015-10-11 Thread madams9
This may not be the correct place to ask my question. If not just let me know. Also, I don't have tons of experience with BackupPC or Monit, so apologies for ignorance. I am working on my home network. Nothing mission critical at this point. The network serves mostly to support my HTPC. All mac