Please can you send few sample lines from the logfile to which the pattern
should match?
The following line is most probably not necessary, as monit doesn't log to the
same file most probably:
ignore match "^monit"
On 07 Apr 2014, at 16:55, Anthony Griffiths <[email protected]> wrote:
> any help on this mailing list? I'm kinda stuck here....
>
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> From: Anthony Griffiths <[email protected]>
> Date: Sun, Apr 6, 2014 at 9:51 AM
> Subject: monit ignores match pattern commnad
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> using the example IF [NOT] MATCH {regex|path} THEN action I'm trying to get
> monit to watch a logfile for a pattern and then trigger a script. The logfile
> is /home/share/openvpn/log and the relevant test string in the file is
> 'Initialization Sequence Completed'.
> In monitor.conf I have:
>
> check file openvpn-client.log with path /home/share/openvpn-client.log
> ignore match "^monit"
> if match "^Initialization Sequence Completed |
> /home/share/openvpn-client.log"
> then exec "/root/sendemail.sh"
>
> however in the monit log all I get (every minute) is:
> [BST Apr 6 00:05:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' file exists check
> succeeded
> [BST Apr 6 00:05:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' is a regular file
> [BST Apr 6 00:06:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' file exists check
> succeeded
> [BST Apr 6 00:06:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' is a regular file
> [BST Apr 6 00:07:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' file exists check
> succeeded
> [BST Apr 6 00:07:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' is a regular file
> [BST Apr 6 00:08:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' file exists check
> succeeded
> [BST Apr 6 00:08:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' is a regular file
> [BST Apr 6 00:09:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' file exists check
> succeeded
> [BST Apr 6 00:09:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' is a regular file
> [BST Apr 6 00:10:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' file exists check
> succeeded
> [BST Apr 6 00:10:52] debug : 'openvpn-client.log' is a regular file
>
> monit is not looking for the pattern. What am I doing wrong?
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