WRT Router Series Monit: Difference between revisions

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

=== Installation ===

===Installation===

<br />

opkg update

opkg install monit

=== Configuration Files ===

/etc/monitrc

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

* Create this Directory: /etc/monit.d

* Add this line or un-comment this line from /etc/monitrc: include /etc/monit.d/*

* Add additional configuration files to the /etc/monit.d Directory

=== Configuration ===

The default configuration for Monit from OpenWRT is configured in a very secure, with limited capability to view information (IE, it's only available from the command line, see the below configuration section from /etc/monitrc);<syntaxhighlight lang="text">

set httpd port 2812 and

use address localhost # only accept connection from localhost (drop if you use M/Monit)

allow localhost # allow localhost to connect to the server and

allow admin:monit # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'

</syntaxhighlight>The above configuration does not allow for remote viewing via a web browser. But the below configuration allows for a reasonably secure configuration for viewing via a web browser (not including HTTPS, since it is a Local Area Network)<syntaxhighlight lang="text">

set httpd port 2812 and

use address W.X.Y.Z # IP Address that the Monit Web Services "listens" on

allow W.X.Y.0/24 # IP Address Range that the Monit Web Service allows connections from

allow WhatEverUserName:WhatEverPassword

</syntaxhighlight>

=== 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.

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 Monit allow for monitoring (via command line or web GUI) of services, plus restarting of services if they're not running or not responding.
-=== Installation ===
+===Installation===
-<br />
+opkg update
+opkg install monit
+=== Configuration Files ===
+/etc/monitrc
+If configuring in a fashion similar to operating systems such as CentOS, then;
+* Create this Directory: /etc/monit.d
+* Add this line or un-comment this line from /etc/monitrc: include /etc/monit.d/*
+* Add additional configuration files to the /etc/monit.d Directory
+=== Configuration ===
+The default configuration for Monit from OpenWRT is configured in a very secure, with limited capability to view information (IE, it's only available from the command line, see the below configuration section from /etc/monitrc);<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+set httpd port 2812 and
+    use address localhost  # only accept connection from localhost (drop if you use M/Monit)
+    allow localhost        # allow localhost to connect to the server and
+    allow admin:monit      # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
+</syntaxhighlight>The above configuration does not allow for remote viewing via a web browser.  But the below configuration allows for a reasonably secure configuration for viewing via a web browser (not including HTTPS, since it is a Local Area Network)<syntaxhighlight lang="text">
+set httpd port 2812 and
+    use address W.X.Y.Z     # IP Address that the Monit Web Services "listens" on
+    allow W.X.Y.0/24        # IP Address Range that the Monit Web Service allows connections from
+    allow WhatEverUserName:WhatEverPassword
+</syntaxhighlight>
+=== 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.