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    Setup heart beat monitor

    How to setup and run the monitor process

    1. Generate two magic numbers to access the application from another process (monitor) without using user:password.

     Go to 'Customize > Classes' and search for the class DBMagicNumber and click on create DBMagicNumber

    Set the command to: TASK LIST UPDATE_NOTIFY;TASK BEAT MONITOR;

    Save and copy the generated key from the field 'Magic Number' . 

    Create a second magic number and set the command to: HEALTH show human DISK;

    Save and copy the generated key from the field 'Magic Number' . 

     

       DBMagicNumber

       DBMagicNumber2.png

    Note: Only user with owner access level allowed to generate magic number

     

    2. Disable unused tasks

    Go to 'Customize > Classes' and search for the class DBTask

    List all tasks and clear the enabled field from unused tasks like:

    LDAP, BACKUP, MAIL_SCANNER, FILE_SCAN

    DBTask 

     

     3. Update the file monitor.properties

       Connect to your application server and go to the configuration directory

       cd stServer/conf

       Edit the file  'monitor.properties' with your favourite editor.

       vi monitor.properties

       Remove the comment sign (#) from the keys and set the below values:-

      REMOTE_CONNECTION= Put here your application URL, for example https://aspc.jobtrack.com.au
      MAIL_LIST=support@yourcompany.com
      MAGIC_NUMBER= Put here the magic numbers you generate before separated by comma, for example HDC0-GX31-KG5S-MC8W-4LD0,B4BA-EWSJ-5BFR-0P2A-ZJ71
      LAYER_ID=1251 (Your application layer id) 
      MAIL_FROM=monitor@yourcompany.com
    MAIL_SUBJECT=Heart Beat Monitor
    #send a summary email every 7 days, set to 0 will disable the summary email
    SUMMARY_PERIOD=7 Days
    #monitor history location, the history is used for sending summary email
    HISTORY_DIC=/home/www/.monitor/

    monitor 

     

      4. Create a schedule task to run the monitor every 10 minutes as below.

        (For Linux server use crontab) 

        $sudo su - webapps

        $crontab -e

         Add the below line to the file and save.

         00,10,20,30,40,50 *  *  *  *  /home/webapps/stServer/bin/monitor.sh > /home/webapps/stServer/logs/monitor.out 2>&1