How to check the result of a script with monit?

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Is there a way to check the result of a script with monit? For example a script returns 0 means ok, but 1 means failed. The idea is to call the script from monit on the local machine directly and interpret the result and send emails.

For example a script could do some hardware check.

My workaround is to call the script with cron and write the result to a file and check the file with monit.

score 11 · Answer 1 · edited Aug 29 '17 at 10:16

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Program status testing does exactly what you want. Use it to check the status command of a script.

For example:

check program hwtest with path /usr/local/bin/hwtest.sh
with timeout 500 seconds
if status = 1 then alert
if status = 3 for 5 cycles then exec "/usr/local/bin/emergency.sh"

edited Aug 29 '17 at 10:16

Iain Samuel McLean Elder

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answered Sep 30 '13 at 15:41

Pierre Ozoux

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I get a bad file descriptor error when I do this. Do you know what could cause this? – jeteon Aug 04 '16 at 12:35
@jeteon you may need to do something like: `"/bin/bash -c '/path/to/your/hwtest.sh'"` – cherouvim Jul 05 '17 at 12:54

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 11 '10 at 20:32

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Your work-around is the recommended way to do it with monit from what I've read.

answered Mar 11 '10 at 20:32

jberryman

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Where have you read it? – Muhamed Huseinbašić Jun 25 '18 at 13:08

How to check the result of a script with monit?

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