: Command to stop lighttpd server
if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 80 : Server IP address and port number (80)
protocol http then restart : If above IP and port failed restart the webserver
if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout : Try to restart 5 times; if monit cannot restart webserver 5 times; just time out to avoid race condition.

Here is my mysql server restart configuration directives:

check process mysqld with pidfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

group database

start program = "/etc/init.d/mysqld start"

stop program = "/etc/init.d/mysqld stop"

if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 3306 then restart

if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout


Here is my sshd server configuration directives:

check process sshd with pidfile /var/run/sshd.pid

start program "/etc/init.d/sshd start"

stop program "/etc/init.d/sshd stop"

if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 22 protocol ssh then restart

if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout


Replace IP address 127.0.0.1 with your actual IP address. If you are using Debian just start monit:

# /etc/init.d/monit start

If you are using Red Hat Enterprise Linux , start monit from /etc/inittab file:

Open /etc/inittab file:

# vi /etc/inittab