RE: set alert and generated alerts

[Hendrik Hasenbein]

Indeed. The new expression does work the way it is intended, but I still get 
tons of identical emails (about the same amount as I have checks).

Is there a limit to the length of the check's name?

Thanks in advance,
Hendrik Hasenbein

-----Original message-----
From:   sven falempin <address@hidden>
Sent:   Wed 19-06-2013 17:44
Subject:        Re: set alert and generated alerts
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> "^.*OutOfMemoryError.*$"
> 
> this doesnt make sense to me :)
> 
> your expression should be "OutOfMemoryError"
> Same for the rest, 
> beware that monit probably dont use pure perl regexp
> so it may be greedy
> 
> may explain why you receive fake mail.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:00 AM, Hendrik Hasenbein <address@hidden 
> <mailto:address@hidden> > wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am in the process of setting up monit to watch over a big amount of 
> tomcats. 
> The configurations are generated for each running tomcat and deposited in a 
> conf.d. I run into two problems:
> 
> I tried to limit the amount of mails by including "but not on { instance, 
> nonexist }", but it seems I still get a mail for each monitor/unmonitor for 
> each check.
> 
> The second problem is that each mail contains the same $SERVICE. $ACTION is 
> honored (changes between batches of mail).
> 
> The checks are grouped into a file per tomcat with a single check looking 
> like:
> 
> ---snip
> check file xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-su1-slow-requests with path 
> /opt/xxxx/xxxx-xxxxxxx/TomC/xxx-xxx-xxxx-su1/logs/slow-requests.log
>   group "xxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxx-xxx-xxxx-su1"
>   if match
>     "^.*OutOfMemoryError.*$"
>     then exec "/etc/monit/tools/tomcat-restart.sh 
> /opt/xxxx/xxxx-xxxxxxx/TomC/xxx-xxx-xxxx-su1" as uid tomcat and gid tomcat
>   if match
>     "^.*SEVERE: All threads .* are currently busy.*$"
>     then exec "/etc/monit/tools/tomcat-restart.sh 
> /opt/xxxx/xxxx-xxxxxxx/TomC/xxx-xxx-xxxx-su1" as uid tomcat and gid tomcat
>   set alert address@hidden <mailto:address@hidden> 
> but not on { instance }
>   mail-format {
>     from: address@hidden
>     subject: $SERVICE $EVENT at $DATE
>     message: Monit $ACTION $SERVICE at $DATE on $HOST: $DESCRIPTION.
>     best regards,
>     Hendrik Hasenbein
>   }
>   set mailserver x.24translate.de <http://x.24translate.de> 
> ---snap
> 
> The attached file contains a full group.
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Hendrik Hasenbein
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