Configuring Monit to monitor Rocketjob

Question

This is what I have currently in monitrc file:

check process rocketjob
        matching "rocketjob"
        start program = "bin/bash -c 'source $HOME/.rvm/bin/rvm cd /home/ghias/projects/my_project/ && RAILS_ENV=production bundle exec rocketjob --quiet >> log/rocketjob.log'"

and it gives me this error in monit log file:

'rocketjob' failed to start (exit status 1) -- bin/bash: bin/bash: /.rvm/bin/rvm: No such file or directory

whereis rvm command gives me rvm: /home/user/.rvm/bin/rvm

What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

There are some things in your command:

1. Try using absolute paths for the initial binary. So /bin/bash with leading /
2. You try to source $HOME/.rvm/bin/rvm with arguments cd and /home/ghias/projects/my_project/ . I think there should be a ; or && right before cd

You might also want to consider an executable with those commands. It is way easier to implement, read, and debug:

Contents of /root/monit_do_rocketjob :

#!/bin/bash

source $HOME/.rvm/bin/rvm
cd /home/ghias/projects/my_project/

export RAILS_ENV=production
bundle exec rocketjob --quiet >> log/rocketjob.log

exit $?

Don't forget to make this executable.

Monit config:

check process rocketjob
        matching "rocketjob"
        start program = "/root/monit_do_rocketjob"