Re: local alert statement not working

[Adam Wolfe]

On 07/10/2012 12:00 PM, address@hidden wrote:
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>     1. local alert statement not working (Adam Wolfe)
>     2. Re: local alert statement not working (Callum Macdonald)
>     3. Re: local alert statement not working (Wayne Lawrence)
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> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:37:08 -0400
> From: Adam Wolfe <address@hidden>
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> Subject: local alert statement not working
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> I'm having trouble setting up a local alert statement in monit and was
> hoping someone could explain where I'm failing.
>
> I have monit set up to monitor a directory for any files, then sync them
> to another box when any our found.  We also want to email our client
> when these files are found, so they can pick them up.
>
> My statement goes like so:
>
> /check filesystem order-error with path /path/to/error/dir/
>        if space usage > 0 B then alert address@hidden
>        if space usage > 0 B then exec "my-rsync-statement"
>            as uid foo and gid bar/
>
>
> All seems to be working well enough, except the /if space usage > 0 B
> then alert address@hidden/ part.  When I start monit it simply states
> "/Error: syntax error 'address@hidden'"/.
>
> I'm following the instructions here
> http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#setting_a_local_alert_statement
> but I'm not sure if something has changed and this how-to is outdated or
> if I'm simply over-looking something.
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> Date: Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:29:32 +0200
> From: Callum Macdonald <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: local alert statement not working
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> On Mon, 2012-07-09 at 12:37 -0400, Adam Wolfe wrote:
> > check filesystem order-error with path /path/to/error/dir/
> >       if space usage > 0 B then alert address@hidden
> >       if space usage > 0 B then exec "my-rsync-statement"
> >           as uid foo and gid bar
> The alert is part of the whole check, not part of the individual test,
> so I think you want something like (untested, off the top of my head):
>
> check filesystem order-error with path /path/to/error/dir/
>       alert address@hidden
>       if space usage > 0 B then exec "my-rsync-statement"
>            as uid foo and gid bar
>
> Cheers - Callum.
Thanks, Callum.  The above is correct.  local alerts need to be their 
own statement/line.
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> Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2012 19:32:40 +0100
> From: Wayne Lawrence <address@hidden>
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> Subject: Re: local alert statement not working
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> I am sure Martin will correct me if I am wrong but I don't think you can do
> a size check on a directory as I did ask this question previously.
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> Regards
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> Wayne
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This is correct as well.  Using "check directory" there doesn't appear 
to be a way to monitor size / disk usage.  Using "check filesystem" 
seems to be working quite well, though.  Just looks like a bit of a 
kludge on my part, but I could find no other way of doing it.

> On 9 Jul 2012, at 17:37, Adam Wolfe <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>   I'm having trouble setting up a local alert statement in monit and was
> hoping someone could explain where I'm failing.
>
> I have monit set up to monitor a directory for any files, then sync them to
> another box when any our found.  We also want to email our client when
> these files are found, so they can pick them up.
>
> My statement goes like so:
>
> *check filesystem order-error with path /path/to/error/dir/
>       if space usage > 0 B then alert address@hidden
>       if space usage > 0 B then exec "my-rsync-statement"
>           as uid foo and gid bar*
>
>
> All seems to be working well enough, except the *if space usage > 0 B then
> alert address@hidden part.  When I start monit it simply states "*Error:
> syntax error 'address@hidden'"*.
>
> I'm following the instructions here
> http://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#setting_a_local_alert_statementbut
> I'm not sure if something has changed and this how-to is outdated or
> if
> I'm simply over-looking something.
>
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