monitrc

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## Basic Configuration
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# Start Monit as background daemon and delay 1st check (in seconds) after boot
set daemon 60
    with start delay 120


# Mail configuration
set mailserver localhost
set alert yourname@youremail.tld only on { timeout, nonexist }


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## Monitor Services
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# NGINX
check process nginx with pidfile /var/run/nginx.pid
      group webserver
      start program = "/etc/init.d/nginx start"
      stop program  = "/etc/init.d/nginx stop"
      if failed host localhost port 8080 protocol http
            and request "/humans.txt"
            then restart
      if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then alert


# PHP5-FPM
check process php5-fpm with pidfile /var/run/php5-fpm.pid
      group webserver
      start program = "/etc/init.d/php5-fpm start"
      stop program  = "/etc/init.d/php5-fpm stop"
      if failed host localhost port 8080 protocol http
            and request '/ping'
            with timeout 30 seconds for 5 cycles
            then restart
      if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then alert
      depends on nginx


# Varnish
check process varnish with pidfile /var/run/varnishd.pid
      group webserver
      start program = "/etc/init.d/varnish start"
      stop program  = "/etc/init.d/varnish stop"
      if failed host localhost port 80 protocol http
            and request "/"
            then restart
      if 3 restarts within 5 cycles then alert
      depends on nginx
      depends on php5-fpm

yourdomain.tld

  # Configuration for PHP-FPM service monitoring at /ping
	location /ping {
    		access_log off;
    		allow 127.0.0.1; # localhost
		    allow ::1; # IPv6 localhost
    		deny all;
  	    fastcgi_split_path_info ^(.+.php)(.*)$;
  	    fastcgi_pass unix:/var/run/php-fpm.socket;
  	    fastcgi_index index.php;
  	    fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
  	    include fastcgi_params;
}