Monit notes ¶

brew install monit

then customize monit configuration for homebrew setup; for example:

file /usr/local/etc/monit/conf.d/monitrc.local

set logfile /usr/local/var/log/monit.log
set pidfile /usr/local/var/run/monit.pid
set logfile /usr/local/var/log/monit.log
set idfile /usr/local/var/lib/monit/id
set statefile /usr/local/var/lib/monit/state

set eventqueue
    basedir /usr/local/var/lib/monit/events   # set the base directory where events will be stored
    slots 100                                 # optionally limit the queue size

set httpd port 2812 and
   use address localhost  # only accept connection from localhost
   allow 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0  # allow localhost to connect to the server and
   allow admin:monit      # require user 'admin' with password 'monit'
   allow @monit           # allow users of group 'monit' to connect (rw)
   allow @users readonly  # allow users of group 'users' to connect readonly

Http access:

http://127.0.0.1:2812/

See also:

• Monit httpd authentication methods
• Monit OS X Launch Agent Plist file
• django-monit-collector