gistfile1.sh

sudo apt-get -y install libssl-dev bison flex

wget http://mmonit.net/monit/dist/monit-5.1.1.tar.gz
tar xvfz monit-5.1.1.tar.gz
cd monit-5.1.1
./configure
make
sudo make install

### Configure monitrc ###
cat > monit.sed << EOF
s/# \(set daemon  120\)/\1/
s/# \(set logfile syslog facility log_daemon\)/\1/
/set mailserver/i\set mailserver localhost port 8025
s/# \(set eventqueue\)/\1/
s/# \( *slots 100.*\)/\1/
/set mail-format/c\set mail-format { from: [email protected] }
s/# \(set httpd port 2812 and\)/\1/
s/# \( *allow admin.*\)/\1/
s/# *\(include \/etc\/monit\.d\/\*\)/\1/
EOF
sed -f monit.sed monitrc | sudo tee /etc/monitrc
sudo chmod 600 /etc/monitrc
sudo mkdir /etc/monit.d
cd ..
rm -rf monit-5.1.1*

### Configure sudo ###
#sed -i -e 's/\(Cmnd_Alias *SOFTWARE.*\)/\1, \/usr\/local\/bin\/monit/' /etc/sudoers

### Configure auto-startup and respawn
cat >> /etc/init/monit.conf <<EOF
# Run monit in standard run-levels

description     "monit daemon"

start on runlevel [2345]
stop on runlevel [!2345]

respawn
exec /usr/local/bin/monit -Ic /etc/monitrc
EOF
sudo start monit