Monit is an open source utility for managing and monitoring Unix systems. In this tutorial, we will see how to install Monit on MXLinux Latest.
To get started, download the latest version of Monit from the official website at http://mmonit.com/monit/#home.
After downloading the Monit archive, extract it in a directory of your choice using the tar command:
tar -xzf monit-x.x.x.tar.gz
where x.x.x represents the version number of Monit.
Before installing Monit, make sure to install the dependencies required by Monit. To install the dependencies, run the following command:
sudo apt-get install libpcre3-dev zlib1g-dev make gcc
Next, navigate to the Monit directory and run the following command to build and install Monit:
cd monit-x.x.x
./configure
make
sudo make install
After installing Monit, you need to configure it to monitor the system services. To do this, create a configuration file /etc/monitrc using your favorite text editor and add the following content:
set daemon 60
set logfile syslog facility log_daemon
set idfile /var/lib/monit/id
set statefile /var/lib/monit/state
set eventqueue
basedir /var/lib/monit/events
slots 100
set mailserver smtp.gmail.com port 587
username "your_email_address@gmail.com"
password "your_gmail_password"
using tlsv1
with timeout 30 seconds
set alert your_email_address@gmail.com
set httpd port 2812 and
use address localhost
allow localhost
allow admin:monit
include /etc/monit.d/*
The above configuration file sets the Monit daemon to run every 60 seconds, logs to syslog, stores state and event data in /var/lib/monit/, and allows Monit to be accessed via the web interface.
Note: Make sure to update the email and password fields with your own Gmail credentials in the configuration file.
Finally, start the Monit daemon using the following command:
sudo systemctl start monit
You can now access the web interface at http://localhost:2812 and check the status of system services.
Congratulations, you have successfully installed Monit on MXLinux Latest!
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