1/28/2024 0 Comments Monit example![]() Now it’s time to set some services and processes to be monitored by Monit. Now you can visit your Monit web interface at the following address: IP_OR_DOMAIN:2812 ![]() Make sure to change your username and password to something strong like below: set httpd port 2812 andĪllow MonitAdmin: 5PbTLadz # require user 'MonitAdmin' with password '5PbTLadz' #allow localhost # allow localhost to connect to the server and #use address localhost # only accept connection from localhost Use address localhost # only accept connection from localhostĪllow localhost # allow localhost to connect to the server andĪllow admin:monit # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'īy default, Monit only listens on “localhost” and only answers to “localhost” as well, So if you want to be able to connect to your Monit interface from anywhere, you have to comment the following lines: set httpd port 2812 and In the Monit global configuration file, scroll down to the following block: set httpd port 2812 and You can set your preferred Email address to get alerts and reports from Monit with the following command: set mailserver port 25 set alert Initial Configurationįor doing some configuration you need to open your Monit global configuration file with the command below: nano /etc/monitrc Enable the web interface You can check your Monit service status with the command below: systemctl status monit Automatic email alerts sent at event triggers.įor installing Monit you need to add the EPEL repository first: yum install epel-releaseĪfter that you can install Monit easily using: yum install monitĪfter the installation process is finished, you can execute the following commands to start Monit service and make it run at startup: systemctl start monit systemctl enable monit.Monitoring of running services, and the ability to start, kill or restart.Capability to act on out-of-bounds values for CPU, RAM, disk, file size, age and more.Automatic process maintenance in a lightweight package.Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations, for example, Monit can prevent your services from getting stopped.īelow are some of the main benefits of using Monit: Monit it’s available on many distributions, it’s available for ubuntu and Debian, in my tests i’ve used a Debian 6.Monit is a free open source utility for managing and monitoring, processes, programs, files, directories and filesystems on a UNIX system. This is also useful for security reasons you can monitor the md5 checksum of files that should not change. Monit logs to syslog or to its own log file and notifies you about error conditions and recovery status via customizable alert. Monit is controlled via an easy to use control file based on a free-format, token-oriented syntax. You can also monitor remote hosts Monit can ping a remote host and can check TCP/IP port connections and server protocols. ![]() ![]() You can use Monit to monitor files, directories and filesystems for changes, such as timestamp changes, checksum changes or size changes. Monit can start a process if it does not run, restart a process if it does not respond and stop a process if it uses too much resources. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. Monit is a free open source utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and filesystems on a UNIX system. I’m not for sure, so let’s see Monit, a fantastic tool that can manage some problems for you and let you enjoy your free time. But do you really want to be always available 24×7 every day of the year ? If you are in charge of some services probably you have set up some monitoring system to notify you if something go wrong (email, sms or a Tweet), and so you can fix it quickly. ![]()
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