Issues with generic_proc agent

[siskos]

Hello,

I use the module_type generic_proc to see if a necessary process on our server is still running.

module_begin
module_name wwwstartsrv
module_type generic_proc
module_exec ps aux | grep -c [w]wwstartsrv
module_end

Everything seems ok and in the console I get that 1 process is running.

Now if the process is stopped I don't get any mention of it in the console? Only the "last contact" keeps counting?
When I look into the xml of the agent (debug = 1) I also see that the module "wwwstartsrv" is actually not in the xml?

When I run ps aux | grep -c [w]wwstartsrv manully i get 1 (if running) or 0 (not running).

If the process is started again it the "last contact" is updated along with the other modules, and the module is also back in de xml file.

Thanks! :)

[alumbreras]

Hi Siskos
good morning


Can you try these command? is a little bit different.

Code:

ps -Af | grep smsd | grep -v "grep" | wc -l

the first grep shows you all process that contains a word smsd (the deamon of smstools). the second grep excludes the current command line, and the third counts the lines.

i've got these command for various modules and i have no problem.

bye!

[siskos]

Thanks alumbreras , on first sight this change seems to work.

Very strange, is there any way to figure out why my short line doesn't work?
Perhaps some kind of debugging?

[tpalacios]

Perhaps it doesn't like the brackets... try "[w]wwstartsrv" or something to escape these characters.

Regards.