Re: restart and alert email

[Lutz Mader]

Hallo,
based on your sample

check program script with path "/usr/local/etc/monit/scripts/test.sh"
  start program "/usr/local/etc/monit/scripts/test.sh start"
  stop program "/usr/local/etc/monit/scripts/test.sh stop"
  if 2 restarts within 10 cycles then alert
  if status != 0 then restart

and monitrc with "set daemon 60", the daemon check cycle time.

[2021-01-12T23:15:31+0100] error    : 'script' status failed (1) --
program test script at Di 12 Jan 2021 23:14:31 CET for script
[2021-01-12T23:15:31+0100] info     : 'script' trying to restart
[2021-01-12T23:15:31+0100] info     : 'script' stop:
'/usr/local/etc/monit/scripts/test.sh stop'
[2021-01-12T23:15:37+0100] info     : 'script' start:
'/usr/local/etc/monit/scripts/test.sh start'
[2021-01-12T23:16:42+0100] error    : 'script' service restarted 2 times
within 6 cycles(s) - alert
[2021-01-12T23:16:42+0100] info     : 'script' status succeeded (0) --
program test script at Di 12 Jan 2021 23:15:42 CET for script

And your question

>  1. Why success email arrives two minutes after failure? start/stop programs 
> are
>     pretty quick and execution time take few seconds.

I got a "Status failed Service script" mail and after a minute
the "Status succeeded Service script" mail from my local mail server.

My suggestion, check your mail server or the cycle time.


>  2. Is there a way to configure monit not to alert me unless 2 restarts happen
>     within 10 cycles and status is still not zero?

>From my point of view, you can not configure this.

With regards,
Lutz