Re: FreeBSD bootup service start issues

Hello Marco Moock,
no idea.

> I've now tested that, it changes after the reboot.
> I've now only set mode passive.
> A restart of monit is not enough to apply the changes in monitrc.
>
> Can someone explain that?

A simple reload should load the new configuration.

monit reload
Reinitializing monit daemon

With the reload, the monitoring mode should be be passive.
The option -v or -vv show some additional information.

monit -vv reload

Lutz

Am 29.04.26 um 21:06 schrieb Marco Moock:
> Am 29.04.26 um 20:40 schrieb Marco Moock:
>> Am 29.04.26 um 20:32 schrieb Lutz Mader via This is the general
>> mailing list for monit:
>>> if you only want to monitor a specific process, use the "mode passive"
>>> for the service.
>>> This prevents Monit from (re)starting the process, but the process
>>> status remains available in Monit.
>>>
>>> The suggestion, to use the "onreboot nostart" option prevents Monit from
>>> starting the process after a reboot, but sets the monitoring status to
>>> "Not monitored."
>>
>> I currently have set that, but the process has status Monitored. I
>> restarted monit, but not the OS itself.
>>
>> Does that change if I restart the OS?
>>
>> Process 'named'
>>    status                       OK
>>    monitoring status            Monitored
>>    monitoring mode              active
>>    on reboot                    nostart
> 
> I've now tested that, it changes after the reboot.
> I've now only set mode passive.
> A restart of monit is not enough to apply the changes in monitrc.
> 
> Can someone explain that?
> 
>