features to work on - summary and request for discussion

[Martin Pala]

Hi,

it seems that lot of ideas appeared on the list, which are not mentioned 
on our TODO list yet. Here is summary (not ordered by any criteria):


(1) /proc support for mac os X


(2) get current FreeBSD port working


(3) web output extension:

(3a) snmp (needed for SNMP support) - example:
http://localhost:2812/_status?output=snmp

(3b) xml (needed for m/monit) - example:
http://localhost:2812/_status?output=xml


(4) "up" event support - allows bidirectional state transition and 
related actions. Requested by lot of users, it should be probably part 
of monit 4.2.


(5) SHA-1 support (in addition to present MD5)


(6) ARP (MAC address) tests in host services


(7) In file services: We should think about how to include extended 
attributes as they become more important in server systems


(8) In file services: A "if [growing|shrinking]" support as minor 
logfile protection


(9) In file services: Making use of FAM (file alteration monitor)


(10) In file services: Special treatment of devices/sockets -> whenever 
connected to a device or not


(11) network failover support - either IP address or MAC address 
takeover. Probably possible via "Fake" integration (see for example 
http://www.vergenet.net/linux/fake/)


(12) SCSI ping support for device test - allows to test whether device 
is accessible. It is common test used by clusters for shared device 
(disk) based quorums (based on SCSI reservation)


Discussion as well as new ideas, volunteers, code contribution, etc. is 
highly appreciated :)


For other items which are planned already see 
http://www.tildeslash.com/monit/next.html


Cheers,
Martin