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1.TH dudki.conf 5 "July 9th, 2004" "dudki.conf(5)" "Klever Group (http://www.klever.net/)"
2.hla en
3
4.SH NAME
5
6dudki.conf \- The configuration file for the dudki process
7monitoring daemon
8
9.SH SYNOPSIS
10
11The dudki.conf file is a runtime configuration file for the dudki
12process monitoring daemon. It contains the information about the process
13being monitored and the instruction on how to cope with the processes.
14
15.SH FILE FORMAT
16
17The file consist of the global configuration and per-process
18configuration sections. The global configuration controls general
19dudki behaviour and sets defaults for per-process configuration
20directives.
21
22.SH GLOBAL CONFIGURATION
23
24.TP
25\fBCheckInterval\fR \fIseconds\fR
26Specifies interval in seconds at wich dudki performs checks.
27.TP
28\fBDaemonize\fR \fIon/off\fR
29Specifies whether dudki daemon should fork itself into background.
30Normally, you don't want it to run in foreground. Unless you want to run
31it from \fIinit(8)\fR process (I've nevetr tried it) via
32\fIinittab(5)\fR.
33.TP
34\fBPidFile\fR \fIfilename\fR
35Specifies where to store dudki's process id (default is
36/var/run/dudki.pid)
37.TP
38\fBMailtoHeader\fR \fIheader\fR \fIcontent\fR
39Sets global defaults for process section's MailtoHeader directive. See
40below.
41.TP
42\fBNotify\fR \fIschema\fR:\fItarget\fR
43Sets global default for per process notification. See below.
44
45.TP
46\fB<Process\fR \fIidentifier\fR\fB>\fR
47Starts per process configuration section. The process will be referenced
48using the short descriptive name specified (for example in email
49notifications).
50
51.SH PER-PROCESS CONFIGURATION
52
53Per-process configuration sections specifies the processes to monitor.
54And parameters pertaining to the process.
55
56.TP
57\fBPidFile\fR \fIfilename\fR
58Specifies the file where to fetch process id of the process being
59monitored from. The absence of file, as well as the absence of process
60specified by the pid stored in the file signifies the process death and
61triggers restart.
62.TP
63\fBRestartCommand\fR \fIcommand\fR
64Specifies the command to run in order to restart the process.
65.TP
66\fBUser\fR \fIuser\fR
67Specifies the unix user to change to before executing the command
68specified by \fBRestartCommand\fR.
69.TP
70\fBGroup\fR \fIgroup\fR
71Specifies the unix group to change to before executing the command
72specified by \fBRestartCommand\fR.
73.TP
74\fBChroot\fR \fIpath\fR
75Specifies the directory to set filesystem root to before executing the
76command specified by by \fBRestartCommand\fR.
77.TP
78\fBMailtoHeader\fR \fIheader\fR \fIcontent\fR
79Specifies extra headers to add to mailto: notifications sent by the
80dudki daemon. Headers specified in per-process section override the
81ones specified globally.A
82.TP
83\fBNotify\fR \fIschema\fR:\fItarget\fR
84Specifies the contact to be notified whenever something notable happens
85to the process. The only schema currently supported is 'mailto:'.
86.TP
87\fB</Process>\fR
88Signifies the end of process section.
89
90.SH EXAMPLE
91
92.br
93CheckInterval 60
94.br
95PidFile /var/run/dudki.pid
96.br
97Daemonize on
98.br
99MailtoHeader From "Dudki <root@klever.net>"
100.br
101MailtoHeader Reply-To devnull@klever.net
102.br
103Notify mailto:hacker@klever.net
104.br
105
106.br
107<Process apache>
108.br
109 PidFile /var/run/httpd.pid
110.br
111 RestartCommand "exec /usr/sbin/apachectl start"
112.br
113</Process>
114.br
115<Process named>
116.br
117 PidFile /var/run/named.pid
118.br
119 RestartCommand "exec /usr/sbin/named"
120.br
121</Process>
122
123.SH AUTHOR
124
125Written by Michael 'hacker' Krelin <hacker@klever.net>
126
127.SH COPYRIGHT
128
129Copyright (c) 2004 Klever Group (http://www.klever.net/)
130
131Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
132this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
133the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to
134use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
135of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do
136so, subject to the following conditions:
137
138The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
139copies or substantial portions of the Software.
140
141THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
142IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
143FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
144AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
145LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
146OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
147SOFTWARE.
148
149.SH BUGS
150
151You tell me. Send reports to <dudki-bugs@klever.net>
152
153.SH SEE ALSO
154\fBdudki\fR(8), \fBinit\fR(8), \fBinittab\fR(5)