Does Monit support multiple email recipients with the same format?

Question

I use monit to monitor the status of a service,when the service is down, I want to send alert email to multiple recipients with the same format. here is part of my monit configuration:

set mail-format { from: [email protected] }
check host hostA with address hostA
  alert [email protected]
  MAIL-FORMAT {     # use local format
     subject: redis is down on hostA
     message:   redis is down on hostA on port 6379

  Yours sincerely,
  monit
  }
  alert [email protected]
  MAIL-FORMAT {     # use local format
     subject: redis is down on hostA
     message:   redis is down on hostA on port 6379

  Yours sincerely,
  monit
  }
  if failed port 6379 retry 3 then exec "/monit/scripts/myscripts.sh"

it works but have some redundant things (e.g. the same MAIL-FORMAT for 2 users) . there will be multiple email formats I will use in the same configuration file. Dose monit support multiple recipients with the same and only one local email format?

Answer 1

From the official documentation:

If you want to send alert messages to more email addresses, add a set alert 'email' statement for each address.

Following this, the following configuration should work:

set mail-format { from: [email protected] }
check host hostA with address hostA
  alert [email protected]
  alert [email protected]
  MAIL-FORMAT {     # use local format
     subject: redis is down on hostA
     message:   redis is down on hostA on port 6379

  Yours sincerely,
  monit
  }

Regards

EDIT:

The documentation does not state it, but the position of the elements might play a role here. Try to define the alert addresses AFTER the mail-format declaration. Also, note you use two mail-format declaration in your code - If this is not necessary, try to use only one (the latter).

set mail-format {
      from: [email protected]
  reply-to: [email protected]
   subject: $SERVICE $EVENT at $DATE
   message: Monit $ACTION $SERVICE at $DATE on $HOST: $DESCRIPTION.
            Yours sincerely,
            monit
 }
 alert [email protected]
 alert [email protected]