Monit only tries to start the service only one time

[Oscar Segarra]

Hi, 

I have set the following configuration to check if two pools are started.

check program check_pool_nfs_vdic_images with path "/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/virsh pool-list | grep nfs-vdic-mgmt-vm'"

    with timeout 60 seconds

    depends on check_nfs_resources

    if status != 0 for 2 times within 2 cycles then exec "/usr/bin/virsh pool-start nfs-vdic-mgmt-vm"

    if status != 0 for 60 cycles then unmonitor

check program check_pool_nfs_vdic_images with path "/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/virsh pool-list | grep nfs-vdic-images'"

    with timeout 60 seconds

    depends on check_nfs_resources

    if status != 0 for 2 times within 2 cycles then exec "/usr/bin/virsh pool-start nfs-vdic-images"

    if status != 0 for 60 cycles then unmonitor

Parent resources are Ok!

As I expect, if It it is not started on a 2 consecutive polls, It may try to start it, but I have realized that It just tries to start the pool only one time as can be seen in logs:

[CET Feb 26 19:54:57] info     : Monit daemon with pid [12170] stopped

[CET Feb 26 19:54:57] info     : 'vdicnode01.vdicube.com' Monit 5.20.0 stopped

[CET Feb 26 19:54:57] info     : Starting Monit 5.20.0 daemon with http interface at [*]:2812

[CET Feb 26 19:54:57] info     : 'vdicnode01.vdicube.com' Monit 5.20.0 started

[CET Feb 26 19:56:27] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:27] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:27] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:27] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:57] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:57] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:57] info     : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' exec: '/usr/bin/virsh pool-start nfs-vdic-mgmt-vm'

[CET Feb 26 19:56:57] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:57] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:56:57] info     : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' exec: '/usr/bin/virsh pool-start nfs-vdic-images'

[CET Feb 26 19:57:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:57:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:28] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_mgmt_vm' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

[CET Feb 26 19:58:58] error    : 'check_pool_nfs_vdic_images' status failed (1) -- no output

Is there any way to instruct monit to try to start the pool more than one time? (only if check fails two consecutive times)

Thanks a lot.