Re: test

[Richard Houston]

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Thanks

Richard Houston
R.L.H. Consulting
www.rlhc.net

Jan-Henrik Haukeland said:
> Martin Pala <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Jan-Henrik Haukeland wrote:
>> *
>>>What do others think? Is it interesting to add an external standalone
>>>connection test to monit?
>>>
>> I agree, it is very interesting.
>
> Let's add it then :-) Because by doing this simple thing (for us) it
> opens up a whole new ballpark for monit.
>
> Before we start we must agree on the syntax for the new statement
> though. Your proposal:
>
>   check host up2date-http with address 66.187.232.110
>     if failed host rhn.redhat.com port 80 protocol http then {...}
>     if failed host rhn.redhat.com port 443 type tcpssl protocol http
>       and request "/my/index.html" then {..}
>     alert address@hidden
>
> Is good because it lets us keep the current if-connection-test as it
> is and can use several connection tests in an entry. But the syntax is
> a bit redundant, since the hostname/address is given twice. It is easy
> to write a new rule in the parser for a remote connection test, so we
> do not *need* to keep the connection test as it is for a remote test.
>
> Here is another suggestion, modeled after your check-file test, where
> the host and port is given in the check line and the if-test simply
> refere to the host and port:
>
>  check host rhn.redhat.com port 80
>    if failed protocol http and request
>       "/my/index.html" and with timeout 15 seconds then {...}
>    alert address@hidden
>
> The drawback with this solution is that since the host and port is
> stated in the check-line there can only be *one* if-failed.. test. So
> if you want to test more than one port at the server you must write
> several check-host statements.
>
> Finally, here is a suggestion using a rewrite of your proposal. Here
> the check-block simply contains a descriptive name for the connection
> test. [In the parser we will also require that host is stated for a
> remote connection test (in the current grammar host is not required
> and if not stated is assumed to be localhost).]
>
>   check connection redhat <- redhat is just a descriptive name for the
> test
>     if failed host rhn.redhat.com port 80 protocol http and request
>       "/my/index.html" then alert
>     if failed host rhn.redhat.com port 443 type tcpssl protocol http
>       and request "/my/index.html" then alert
>     alert address@hidden
>
> Other suggestions are welcome!
>
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> Jan-Henrik Haukeland
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