How to install and configure monit on Centos8:

 How to install and configure monit on Centos8:

1) monit is on epel repositories:

yum install monit

systemctl enable monit

systemctl start monit

2) configuration file is: 

 vi /etc/monitrc

--settings name/password

-- Allow IP addresses 

3) adding services:

 vi /etc/monit.d/httpdmonitor

in file: 

check process HTTPD with pidfile /var/run/httpd/httpd.pid

start program "/usr/bin/systemctl start httpd.service"

stop program "/usr/bin/systemctl stop httpd.service"

if failed port 80 protocol http then restart

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4) check syntax 

  monit -t

 

5) restart monit

systemctl restart monit

6) run:

localhost:2812

older article about Centos7 and monit (but in Slovak language): https://zapiskylinuxadmina.blogspot.com/2020/02/ako-som-instaloval-monit-na-centos7-1.html