monit configuration

[stefano_p]

hi, i am about to install monit.
have a question regarding how to configure the /etc/monit/monitrc file

1) i don't need notification so i'll assume i can just comment out the "#Mail settings" section.

2) for the #http settings.
i only need to access from my local network.
would this be correct?:
set httpd port 2812 address 192.168.*.*

and, since i only need local access i assume i can comment out the rest of the "#http settings" section like this?
#ssl enable
#pemfile /var/certs/monit.pem
#allow 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0
#allow htpcguides.crabdance.com
#allow htpc:guides

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i am using a rpi2 with raspbian jessie

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maybe i solved, from monit documentation looks like a can set like this:

Code:

 set httpd port 2812
     allow localhost

[Mike]

Does that work? I remember having issues if I didn't specify a login and password

[stefano_p]

correct, you need a user and password.

this works:

Code:

set httpd
    port 2812
    allow username:password

but i don't understand if its access is limited to local network only. for me it will not be accessible outside anyway unless i allow portforwarding on my router.

[Mike]

That is true, you can try an explicity allow for your subnet only which should work

Code:

allow 192.168.0.0/24

[stefano_p]

nope, it stops to work if i add

Code:

allow 192.168.0.0/24

i'll leave it like:

Code:

set httpd
   port 2812
   allow username:password

which is fine anyway.

setting up monitoring samba/couchpotato/sickrage was fine.
for plexmediaserver i wonder if something more articulated can be done since to access pms from remote behind vpn i added your code to /etc/rc.local:

Code:

PLEXIP=$(ping -c 4 my.plexapp.com | awk -F "[\(\)]" 'NR==1 {print $2}')
sudo route add $PLEXIP gw MYGATEWAYIP

if i put the code on a file (let say PLEXOUTSIDE)  which i  make executable, in the 

/etc/monit/conf.d/plex


could i add a check if pms is reachable from outside network and in case not call the script PLEXOUTSIDE?

[Mike]

Monit is not super good at this, you can run shell scripts if something fails but not really the other way around as far as I know. For what you want you'll want to use a cronjob and run it every 5 mins.

[jonesPhedra]

As far as I'm aware, you can launch shell scripts in case something goes wrong, although Monit isn't very adept at this. Using a cronjob and running it every five minutes will work for what you want. bitlife

[jonescelinaa]

It's great to hear that you're diving into configuring Monit on your bitlife Raspberry Pi.