watchdog.cfg

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FILEFORMAT

Between the OPTION, the = and the VALUE are no spaces.

Rows starting with a # are considered as comments.

You should not comment out any OPTION If you like to use default settings simply do not specify a VALUE.

OPTIONS

LOG

Log output dir of watchdog. If you specify a relative path name the path is relative to the root of the WA2L/edrc installation.

Example: LOG=/var/opt/edrc/log

Default: LOG=var/log

LOCKDIR

Lock dir of watchdog. If you specify a relative path name the path is relative to the root of the WA2L/edrc installation. In General it is not recommended to set the lockdir within EDRC, locate it in a system own directory.

Example: LOCKDIR=/var/run/watchdog

Default: LOCKDIR=var/watchdog

DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL

Default interval of watchdog checks. This setting applies if no interval is set on the command line.

Example: DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL=500

Default: DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL=600

DEFAULT_CHECKLOG_INTERVAL

Default minimal interval of logentries in check state. This setting applies if no interval is set on the command line. This setting should be an even multiple of DEFAULT_CHECK_INTERVAL.

Example: DEFAULT_CHECKLOG_INTERVAL=3600

Default: DEFAULT_CHECKLOG_INTERVAL=6000

DEFAULT_BITE_INTERVAL

Default interval of watchdog bites (=executes of the bite script). This setting applies if no interval is set on the command line.

Example: DEFAULT_BITE_INTERVAL=15

Default: DEFAULT_BITE_INTERVAL=5

EXEC_SHELL

Shell to execute the check_script and bite_script if they are not executable.

Example: EXEC_SHELL=/bin/ksh

Default: EXEC_SHELL=/bin/sh

RETRIES_ON_MISSING_SCRIPT

Number or retries if the check_script or bite_script is missing after startup. If the number of retries is reached the watchdog will end.

0 = retry for ever

Example: RETRIES_ON_MISSING_SCRIPT=10

Default: RETRIES_ON_MISSING_SCRIPT=0

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