real-world monit recipes

delayed_job.monitrc

# See: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1226302/how-to-monitor-delayedjob-with-monit/1285611

check process delayed_job with pidfile /full/path/to/app/shared/pids/delayed_job.pid  
  start program = "/bin/su - deploy_username -c 'cd /full/path/to/app/current/; RAILS_ENV=production script/delayed_job start'"
  stop program = "/bin/su - deploy_username -c 'cd /full/path/to/app/current/; RAILS_ENV=production script/delayed_job stop'"

mysql.monitrc

# Replace hostname in pid name

check process mysql with pidfile /var/lib/mysql/hostname.pid
  start program = "/etc/init.d/mysql start"
  stop program  = "/etc/init.d/mysql stop"

nginx.monitrc

# If you want to use nginx + passenger, I would suggest to install package first, then delete it.
# This action will give you init.d script.
# Then simply install passenger and allow it to compile nginx for you.
# Correct the paths in /etc/init.d/nginx script, and you're good to go.

check process nginx with pidfile /var/run/nginx.pid
  start program = "/etc/init.d/nginx start"
  stop program  = "/etc/init.d/nginx stop"

ts.monitrc

# Replace path to app and deploy_username

check process thinking_sphinx with pidfile /full/path/to/app/current/log/searchd.production.pid
  start program = "/bin/su - deploy_username -c 'cd /full/path/to/app/current/; rake RAILS_ENV=production ts:start'"
  stop program = "/bin/su - deploy_username -c 'cd /full/path/to/app/current/; rake RAILS_ENV=production ts:stop'"