Monit use alert along with exec

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I have rule like this:

if memory usage > 85% for 10 cycles then alert

I want to notify not only via email but also via slack. So I can add second line like this:

if memory usage > 85% for 10 cycles then exec /path/to/slack.rb

It's annoying when you have multiple rules and you have to duplicate each line.
Is it possible to use alert and exec together? Something like this:

if memory usage > 85% for 10 cycles then alert and exec /path/to/slack.rb

Best Answer

In this case, there is no need to have two rules. The second one (with exec) is enough. If you have set alert configured monit will alert you when a limit is matched. But if you don't want to receive an alert, use an additional rule noalert your@email.

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How about something like this, from the monit wiki?

# Getting top otput by mail on event
check file myfile with path /tmp/fo.bar
  if changed timestamp then exec "/bin/bash -c 'top -bn1 | mail -s top admin@foo.bar'"

Link: http://mmonit.com/wiki/Monit/ConfigurationExamples (scroll to very bottom)

Repeat monit alerts

From the monit manpage:

alert foo@bar with reminder on 1 cycle

This will repeat the alert every time the process check repeats once it is in a failed state (eg, quite a lot). You may want to set this so it only reminds you ever hour or less

This seems to be set where you'd set an alert destination, rather than in the check stanza. However, you can specify an alert destination for individual checks/services, as well as the global one.

check filesystem datafs with path /dev/sda1
  alert foo@bar on { resource } with reminder on 10 cycles
  if space usage > 80% for 5 times within 15 cycles then alert

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