[mythtv-users] Monit and mythbuntu

[Kevin Robbins]

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 4:32 PM, Kevin Robbins <robbinsck1 at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 9:28 PM, John H <arizonamythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm using monit under Fedora but it should be similar. First of all,
>> did you add this line to the /etc/monit.conf file near the bottom
>> under includes.
>>
>> include /etc/.monitrc  <- you'll want to change this to the path of your file.
>>
>> After monit loads then it's use the setup in the .monitrc file.
>>
>> Also, if you want to run the program like the frontend under a
>> username. I added "group mythtv" without the quotes and you'll want to
>> replace mythtv with your username. I added this right before the start
>> program command. One other thing, the monitrc file for myth that you
>> can find on the web monitors the pid and the http port. I took the
>> http port monitor out because when mythfilldatabase runs monit thinks
>> the backend has stopped. I don't think it'll hurt anything but if you
>> have email notification on you'll get a bunch of emails. I'm just
>> taking my chances on the pid only but it hasn't failed but then again
>> my backend doesn't really crash.
>> _______________________________________________
>>
>
> Mine doesnt crash very often either...only when I'm away and can't fix
> it for a day or so .=D
>
> I do have monit installed and working correctly I'm quite certain. It
> works great for startng stopping mysql and apache and works as its
> suppossed to, If i ssh in and kill a mysql process it sends me an
> email notifying me of this and restart the process.
>
> It does the same for mysql and all the other processes I have it
> monitoring ACCEPT mythbackend and I think it may be something to do
> with permissions, but Im not certain.
>
> Heres the mythbacked portion of monitrc...
>
>
> check process mythbackend with pidfile /var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid
>  group mythtv
>
>  start program = "/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend restart"
>        as uid mythtv and gid mythtv
>  stop program  = "/etc/init.d/mythtv-backend stop"
>        as uid mythtv and gid mythtv
>  if failed port 6544 then restart
>  depends on mysql
>
>
> In the web admin screen for monit it tells me that mythbackend "DOES NOT EXIST"
> when in fact the process does exist at /var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid
>
>
> Mythbackend IS running....I'm using it watching, recording all that
> jazz, BUT...here's my broken record monit log.
>
> [EDT Oct 28 15:53:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 15:53:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 15:53:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 15:56:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 15:56:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 15:56:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 15:59:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 15:59:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 15:59:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:02:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:02:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:02:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:05:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:05:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:05:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:08:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:08:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:08:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:11:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:11:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:11:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:14:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:14:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:14:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:17:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:17:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:17:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:20:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:20:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:20:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:23:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:23:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:23:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
> [EDT Oct 28 16:26:45] error    : 'mythbackend' process is not running
> [EDT Oct 28 16:26:45] info     : 'mythbackend' trying to restart
> [EDT Oct 28 16:26:45] info     : 'mythbackend' start: /etc/init.d/mythtv-backend
>
>
> Has anyone seen this before? Even better yet, how do I fix it? I want
> to think it's permissons.
>

To add some more info which I think will hel alot....The
/var/run/mythtv/mythbackend.pid file contains a pid which does not
match the actual process ID in TOP. WTF?