How to Install Monit on Alpine Linux Latest

Introduction

Monit is a free, open-source, and powerful tool that helps you monitor and manage Unix systems. It can monitor various system processes, services, and network devices, and it can also alert you when there is any error or malfunctioning. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Monit on Alpine Linux latest.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following requirements:

• A running Alpine Linux instance
• Root or sudo access to your Alpine Linux instance

Step 1: Update the System

First, ensure your Alpine Linux system is up-to-date by running the following command:

$ apk update

Step 2: Install Required Dependencies

You need to install some packages before installing Monit, so run the following command to install these dependencies:

$ apk add openssl-dev ca-certificates make gcc musl-dev

Step 3: Download and Extract Monit

Visit the Monit home page and download the latest version of Monit software. For example, the current latest version is 5.28.0.

Run the following command to download Monit:

$ wget https://mmonit.com/monit/dist/monit-5.28.0.tar.gz

Once download completes, extract the archive using this command:

$ tar -xvf monit-5.28.0.tar.gz

Step 4: Compile and Install Monit

Change the directory to the extracted directory:

$ cd monit-5.28.0

Now compile and install Monit using the next series of commands:

$ ./configure --without-pam
$ make
$ make install

Step 5: Configure Monit

After installing Monit, you need to configure it to work with your system. The configuration file is located at /etc/monitrc. You can either edit this file or create a new file in /etc/monit.d/ and include it in the configuration.

Here is a sample configuration to monitor the Nginx web server process:

check process nginx with pidfile /var/run/nginx.pid
  start program = "/etc/init.d/nginx start"
  stop program  = "/etc/init.d/nginx stop"
  if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 80 protocol http then restart

Save the configuration file and exit.

Step 6: Start Monit

Once you have configured Monit to monitor your system, you can start it using the following command:

$ /usr/local/bin/monit -c /etc/monitrc

If everything works well, you will see output similar to the following:

Control file syntax OK
Monit daemon started

Congratulations, you have successfully installed Monit on your Alpine Linux system!

Conclusion

Monit is one of the best tools for monitoring and managing Unix systems. After following this tutorial, you have learned how to install Monit on Alpine Linux, configure it to monitor your system, and start it.

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