Install monit from the package manager

• sudo apt-get install monit

Or install it from source

• Available at http://mmonit.com/monit/download/

Make it run on boot

• sudo vim /etc/default/monit
• change "startup=0" to "startup=1"

Configure monit

• Clone the sample config file from git: git clone git://github.com/quodis/Monit-Deployment.git into /etc/monit
• Remember to change all instances of YOURSERVER.com to the correct server address!
• Also remember to set a username & password for the web server. Search for "allow admin:monit" and change it. This is VERY IMPORTANT!

Make sure mysql.pid is there

• If this file is not present on your system, edit your mysql configuration in /etc/mysql/my.cnf. Under "basic settings" set pid-file = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid
• Restart mysql using /etc/init.d/mysql restart ( or service mysql restart )

Configure iptables to accept connections from port 2812

• iptables -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2812 -j ACCEPT

Start monitoring!

• /etc/init.d/monit start
• View current status using "sudo monit status" or by accessing "YOURSERVER.com:2812"

Helpful resources

• http://www.darkcoding.net/software/setting-up-monit-on-ubuntu/