I currently have two monit checks for each host I have running HTTPS:
check host www-example-https with address www.example.org
if failed
port 443
protocol https
then alert
check host www-example-certificate with address www.example.org
every "25 10 * * *"
if failed
port 443
protocol https
and certificate valid > 30 days
then alert
The first one warns me of a failure to connect at all, and runs every 2 minutes, whereas the second reminds me that a certificate has fewer that 30 days until expiry and only runs once a day.
At the moment both checks result in a similar alert message, which means that a certificate nearing expiry looks like a complete failure of HTTPS. I'd therefore like to override the default mail options on a per-alert basis.
I know I can do this with set mail-format
if I want to change all alerts, but I can't figure out the syntax for a single alert if I'm using an if failed ... then alert
block, and I can't find any examples of this specific use case in the manual.
Is it possible to override mail-format
on a per-alert basis for the types of alerts I've defined above?
Best Answer
There is a sample in the documentation here https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/#CONFIGURATION-EXAMPLES
From personnal test, you cannot avoid the "alert a@b.c" part, so to resume, to fit your needs, it leads to:
Also it seems that if host is "failed", the certificate check will not be performed.
Using a "set mail-format" anywhere, change it for ALL notifications