[monit] Postgres Port monitoring

[Mark Olliver]

Hi,

I am using monit to monitor the postgres service is up, currently it
does this via a standard connect to the 5432 port. However this is
causing an issue in the postgres server log as monit connects to the
port but sends no data to postgres so postgres logs and incomplete
startup error.
To overcome this i think monit needs to actually connect to the database
as a user and then exit, (which would probably be a more valid test). Is
there a way to do this or and suggested enhancement?

Regards

Mark

Mark Olliver BSc (Hons) MBCS CITP
Thermeon (System Admin)
Russ Hill Farm, Russ Hill, Charlwood, RH6 0EL, UK
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