Monit Puppet Module

Very simple module for installing and configuring monit.

Quick Start

Download the module and put it in your "modules" folder:

$ git clone tom@git@github.com:tompurl/puppet-monit.git

Add this to your manifest:

class { 'monit': 
  alert_address  => "foo@baz.com",
  smtp_host      => "smtp.mandrillapp.com",
  smtp_port      => 587,
  smtp_user_name => "foo@baz.com",
  smtp_password  => "thisIsReallyClever",
}

Visit the page with a console-based web browser (like elinks) from the local server console:

$ elinks http://localhost:2812
# username => admin, pass => monit    

You can change the username and password by setting the following parameters:

• web_username
• web_password

Overview

This is a very simple module that simply installs monit with a lightweight config file. Any additional configuration information should be placed in files that are stored in one of the following directories:

• /etc/monit/conf.d
• /etc/monit/monitrc.d #Seems to be preferred on Debian

Why Do I Need An Email Address?

The main way that monit communicates with you is by email. I recommend mandrill as a good, simple SMTP service.

Tested Platforms

Debian 7 on x64 and Raspbian. No effort has yet been made to make it work with anything else.

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