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dfrankow
Asked: 2013-04-05 05:55:08 +0800 CST

monit "check program" with email?

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I have this in a monit script (lines 11-13):

check program foo with
    path "/usr/local/bin/foo.sh" with timeout 300 seconds
       if status != 0 then alert [email protected]

monit reload says:

/etc/monit/conf.d/example:13: Error: syntax error '[email protected]'

None of the examples show an email with the alert, but I need one. Why can I not give one here?

I'm using Monit 5.5.

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3 Answers

  1. Uncomment/Add these lines in your monit config file:

    set mailserver localhost
set alert [email protected]

    Then do something like the following. Notice that there is nothing after "alert". 

    check program list-files with path "/bin/ls -lrt /tmp/"
     if status != 0 then alert
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  2. Check the documentation at http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#setting_a_local_alert_statement it has the following example

    check process mybar with pidfile /var/run/mybar.pid
  alert foo@bar only on { timeout }
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  3. Look specifically at: https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#Setting-an-alert-recipient (new link), the way I read this, for a local alert (if you want an additional email for just this alert), you would add it to the end of the current section.

    From the link above:

    Local alert example:

       check host myhost with address 1.2.3.4  
     if failed port 3306 protocol mysql then alert  
     if failed port 80 protocol http then alert  
     alert foo@baz # Local service alert

    You will note, the failed check and alert notification are on the second and third lines, then a local email address is added to the final line.

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