Simple file content check fresh installation on Debian not working

[Thomas]

Hi,

I installed monit on debian version 7.11 with apt-get install monit. I followed the docs (https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html) and wanted to have a monitor on a file. I used the example in the docs:

  check file syslog with path /var/log/syslog
        ignore content = "^monit"
        if content = "^mrcoffee" then alert

and get a error running monit -t:

/etc/monit/monitrc:242: Error: syntax error 'content'

line 242 is the last line in the example. Why is a simple test which is described in the docs not working, am I missing something? An option to switch on or off?

Thanks!

root:# monit -V This is Monit version 5.4 Copyright (C) 2001-2012 Tildeslash Ltd. All Rights Reserved.

[Tildeslash]

Hello,

the original content match test syntax was "IF MATCH", which we changed to "IF CONTENT" in Monit 5.14 ("IF MATCH" is still supported for backward compatibility, but deprecated).

The online manual is always for the latest version, see the manual bundled with your monit version for corresponding description.

[Thomas]

thank you tildeslash!