WRT Router Series Monit: Difference between revisions

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This subject could apply to installations on other platforms besides OpenWRT.

Monit allow for monitoring (via command line or web GUI) of services, plus restarting of services if they're not running or not responding.

Monit allow for monitoring (via command line or web GUI (http://WhatEverIPAddressOrHostName:2812 (default port))) of services, plus restarting of services if they're not running or not responding.

===Installation===

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opkg install monit

===Configuration File(s) for Monit Service===

===Configuration File(s) & Directories for Monit Service===

/etc/monitrc

/etc/monitrc (file)

/etc/monit.d (directory)

If configuring in a fashion similar to operating systems such as CentOS, then;

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===Notifications & Alerts===

The Monit service can also send email notifications and alerts. This can get annoying over time, but it is useful if troubleshooting or monitoring a process. The annoyance can also be "reigned in" to a certain degree.

===Some Interesting HDD / SSD Monitoring Tips===

From: https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/monit-monitor-hard-drive-smart-health-and-temperature/

And to monitor via UUID instead of "SDx" (which is a bit unreliable): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.

===Additional Tips===

For monitoring OpenVPN: https://serverfault.com/questions/647506/make-monit-check-openvpn-client-connection-status

===Finally / Lastly===

Access Monit here (assuming it is set to it's default port and not using HTTPS): http://WhatEverIpAddressOfRouter:2812

...and of course after configuring a new MONIT file, restart the service: service monit restart

===Credits & Thanks===

A lot of information from here (not sure if this is the original source, but crediting just the same): https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/monit-monitor-file-server-status-samba-nfs/

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 This subject could apply to installations on other platforms besides OpenWRT.
-Monit allow for monitoring (via command line or web GUI) of services, plus restarting of services if they're not running or not responding.
+Monit allow for monitoring (via command line or web GUI (http://WhatEverIPAddressOrHostName:2812 (default port))) of services, plus restarting of services if they're not running or not responding.
 ===Installation===
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 opkg install monit
-===Configuration File(s) for Monit Service===
+===Configuration File(s) & Directories for Monit Service===
-/etc/monitrc
+/etc/monitrc (file)
+/etc/monit.d (directory)
 If configuring in a fashion similar to operating systems such as CentOS, then;
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 ===Notifications & Alerts===
 The Monit service can also send email notifications and alerts.  This can get annoying over time, but it is useful if troubleshooting or monitoring a process.  The annoyance can also be "reigned in" to a certain degree.
+===Some Interesting HDD / SSD Monitoring Tips===
+From: https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/monit-monitor-hard-drive-smart-health-and-temperature/
+And to monitor via UUID instead of "SDx" (which is a bit unreliable): https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/S.M.A.R.T.
+===Additional Tips===
+For monitoring OpenVPN: https://serverfault.com/questions/647506/make-monit-check-openvpn-client-connection-status
+===Finally / Lastly===
+Access Monit here (assuming it is set to it's default port and not using HTTPS): http://WhatEverIpAddressOfRouter:2812
+...and of course after configuring a new MONIT file, restart the service: service monit restart
+===Credits & Thanks===
+A lot of information from here (not sure if this is the original source, but crediting just the same): https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/monit-monitor-file-server-status-samba-nfs/