Re: MONIT Startup

[Jan-Henrik Haukeland]

The trick is simply to start monit after all startup scripts has
started, as mentioned here by Mark:

http://mail.nongnu.org/archive/html/monit-general/2002-12/msg00001.html


Russell Adams <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm configuring MONIT to run on my Gentoo servers, and had a
> question. I'm trying to use MONIT to keep certain critical processes
> running at all times.
> 
> I'd like MONIT to start with init, but not autostart the various
> processes it should monitor. I'd like Gentoo's startup scripts to
> finish loading everything, then MONIT start monitoring everything.
> 
> There are a few reasons for doing this, but the biggest is how picky
> Gentoo's startup/shutdown procs are for individual programs. It caches
> everything.
> 
> Is there a method to delay MONIT from starting active monitoring for 5
> minutes after launch? Perhaps can i start MONIT in passive mode, and
> then move to active? It would be bad for MONIT to start a service
> before its been called in the startup.
> 
> Or finally, should I just set all my services to monitor as manual,
> and as the last thing in the Gentoo start scripts call MONIT to start
> them? Would MONIT choke if they were already started when its called
> with the start parameter?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Russell

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Jan-Henrik Haukeland