You can now add new services to be monitored and install them. Monit has been installed and configured successfully on Ubuntu 20.04. $ ln -s /etc/monit/conf-available/nginx /etc/monit/conf-enabled/Įxamine the status of any newly added services. To enable service monitoring, first install the service, then create a symbolic link to /etc/monit/conf-enabled/ with all accessible service configurations. Monit continuously monitors all services in your systems that have monitoring enabled and restarts those that cease. Replace password with the value you specified during configuration. To install, run the command on the server: yum install epel-release yum update yum install monit systemctl enable monit systemctl start monit.
#MONIT INSTALLATION HOW TO#
Use the username admin and the password StrongPassword. In this article, well show you how to install and configure monit to control processes on Debian or Ubuntu Linux.
Go to in your web browser to access the Monit web interface. In the firewall, enable the Monit port service. To make the modifications take effect, restart the Monit service. Set httpd port 2812 andallow admin:StrongPasswordĬheck for mistakes in the configuration file.
Deploying your cloud server If you have not already registered with Cloudwafer, you should begin by getting signed up. Remove the comments and replace the admin password with your own. In this guide, we will install Monit and configure it for us to monitor host resources via the Monit web interface on an Ubuntu 16.04/18.04 server. # set httpd port 2812 and# allow admin:monit Allow the Monit service to start automatically when the system boots up.Įdit the default configuration file /etc/monit/monitrc to enable the Monit web interface.