Monit config examples install#

Since the data you are transmitting can be sensitive we encourage you to activate SSL. And, if your email configuration is correct, you should receive your first couple of email alerts indicating that the Monit service is up and running. It shouldn’t take too long for the installation to complete – maybe a couple of minutes.Īfter installation is complete you will see a new set of options in that tab.

Monit config examples install#

After filling out the data in the three sections, click the INSTALL MONIT button.

The third section is optional – if you have subscribed to the premium M/Monit service you can connect your server to it by entering your private URL to the services’ dashboard.

The second section requires that you set up a connection to your EMAIL server so that alert emails can be sent.

Otherwise MONIT will fail to start with a silent error.) ( The user name and password must consist of only ALPHANUMERICS. It also requires that you provide a user id and password to protect access to the Monit dashboard. Generally this is just a subdomain of a domain you already control.

The first section requires that you provide a domain through which you’ll access the servers’ dashboard.

There are three sections that need to be filled out in order to activate Monit.

Navigate to WPCloudDeploy → All Cloud Servers and click on one of your servers.Note: Monit & Monitorx are two different services used for different things. If you have a subscription, you can connect your server to it. MONIT also has a premium option called M/Monit that allows for a central dashboard that consolidates information from all your servers as well as well as allow you to use your mobile devices to monitor your servers on-the-go. It is a lightweight service that can be configured to send you email alerts when certain thresholds on your server have been exceeded. WPCloudDeploy gives you the option of installing a pro-active monitoring service call MONIT.