Re: public repository for monit checks?

[Callum Macdonald]

Hola,

I, for one, would be favour of this.

I'm very new to monit, I've found it to be incredibly useful, I've
installed it on all our servers and can't imagine a scenario where it
wouldn't be useful.

However, getting it installed and configured wasn't a walk in the park.
In the same way that puppet and chef recipes are shared, I think it
makes a lot of sense to share monit checks.

I'd also love to see a web interface to write new checks. A few
tickboxes for each check, then a custom rolled check is output. I'm
thinking specifically of setting mail server values, http protocol tests
and so on.

I'd be happy to contribute towards the above.

Love & joy - Callum.

On Tue, 2012-02-07 at 08:18 +0000, Tom H wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I see the configuration examples page; 
> http://mmonit.com/wiki/Monit/ConfigurationExamples and that there are 
> lots of examples on the web of scripts that can be dropped into 
> /etc/monit.d/*.conf
> 
> However would there be any value, (and does this exist already?) of a 
> public svn or git repository to contain a set of basic checks for httpd, 
> mysql, tomcat etc.
> 
> I am aware that this would require a little bit of customization to 
> match different distributions, but if you are not using a package with 
> redhat or debian file system layouts, then you are probably a 
> roll-your-own sort anyway, and wouldn't be interested.
> 
> Conditional executional could be achieved by having a install script to 
> test for packages similar to munin, and having a parallel folder which 
> you link in as required for example;
> 
> /usr/share/monit/monit.d/mysql.conf
> /usr/share/monit/monit.d/httpd.conf
> /usr/share/monit/monit.d/tomcat6.conf
> 
> 
> and then to enable the checks symlink in the ones you want ie;
> 
> ln -s /usr/share/monit/monit.d/tomcat6.conf /etc/monit.d/tomcat6.conf
> 
> Or do it all automatically by testing for the packages with a script...
> 
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Tom
> 
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