The format CockpitSetting describes monitoring checks to be performed by the Cockpit program.

This is the root element of the configuration file. This element contains a list of database queries to perform. The list may be empty - or the element left out. This element defines a check that performs an SQL Query. The query should be a count(*) query - ie return a count of records or errors. If the number returned from the query is above a certain threshold an alert is sent. Unique id for the monitoring check. SQL Query to perform. Use queries like "select count(*) from ..." to return a number of rows with a certain error condition. Number of rows. If the SQL returns more than this number of rows, then an alert is sent. Type of query. Supported values are: SingleRowWithCount and MultiRowCountWithGroupBy.