Program Configuration Attributes

The listed attributes may be specified when defining a process for Cognizant to monitor. See Loading Configuration into the Monitoring Daemon to see how to define these attributes.

Note that name and start_command are the only required attributes.

See the accompanying documentation links for default values and additional notes for these attributes.

Common Attributes

(true, false) autostart Whether or not to auto start the process on initial run.
(String) chdir The current working directory for the process to start with.
(String) chroot The chroot directory to change the process' idea of the file system root.
(true, false) daemonize Whether or not to daemonize the process.
(Hash) env Environment variables for process.
(String) errfile The file to log the daemon's STDERR stream into.
(String) gid Run the process as the given user group.
(String) group Group classification for the process.
(Array) groups Supplementary user groups for the process.
(String) logfile The file to log the process' STDOUT stream into.
(String) name Unique name for the process.
(String) pid_command The command that returns the pid of the process.
(String) pidfile The pid lock file for the process.
(String) ping_command The command to check the running status of the process with.
(String) uid Run the process as the given user.
(Integer) umask Limit the permission modes for files and directories created by the process.

See Cognizant::Process::Attributes documentation for up to date information about common configuration attributes.

(String) start_before_command The command to run before the process is started.
(String) start_command The command to start the process with.
(String) start_after_command The command to run after the process is started.
(Hash) start_env Environment variables for process during start.
(String) start_with_input Start the process with this in it's STDIN.
(String) start_with_input_command Start the process with this command's output in it's (process') STDIN.
(String) start_with_input_file Start the process with this file's data in it's STDIN.
(String) start_timeout The grace time period in seconds for the process to start within.

See Cognizant::Process::Actions::Start documentation for up to date information about common configuration attributes.

(String) stop_before_command The command to run before the process is stopped.
(String) stop_command The command to stop the process with.
(String) stop_after_command The command to run after the process is stopped.
(Array) stop_signals The signals to pass to the process one by one attempting to stop it.
(Hash) stop_env Environment variables for process during stop.
(String) stop_timeout The grace time period in seconds for the process to stop within.

See Cognizant::Process::Actions::Stop documentation for up to date information about stop configuration attributes.

(String) restart_before_command The command to run before the process is restarted.
(String) restart_command The command to restart the process with.
(String) restart_after_command The command to run after the process is restarted.
(Array) restart_signals The signals to pass to the process one by one attempting to restart it.
(Hash) restart_env Environment variables for process during restart.
(String) restart_timeout The grace time period in seconds for the process to stop within (for restart).

See Cognizant::Process::Actions::Restart documentation for up to date information about restart configuration attributes.

Attributes for specifying conditions are specified in the relevant documentation.