Monit basic configuration with HTTP/monit status

monitrc

set daemon 120
set logfile /var/log/monit.log
set idfile /var/lib/monit/id 
set statefile /var/lib/monit/state
set eventqueue
    basedir /var/lib/monit/events
    slots 100
set httpd port 2812 and
    allow localhost

include /etc/monit/conf.d/*

mosquitto.conf

check process mosquitto with pidfile /var/run/mosquitto.pid
  start program = "/bin/bash -l -c '/usr/local/sbin/mosquitto -c /etc/mosquitto/mosquitto.conf -d'"
  stop program = "/bin/bash -l -c 'kill -TERM $(cat /var/run/mosquitto.pid)'"

myproject-sidekiq.conf

check process myproject-sidekiq with pidfile  /var/www/default/apps/myproject/shared/tmp/pids/sidekiq.pid
  start program = "/bin/bash -l -c 'export PATH=/var/www/.rbenv/shims:/var/www/.rbenv/bin:$PATH && cd /var/www/default/apps/myproject/current/ && bundle exec ./daemons/sidekiq start'" as uid "www-data" and gid "www-data"
  stop program = "/bin/bash -l -c 'export PATH=/var/www/.rbenv/shims:/var/www/.rbenv/bin:$PATH && cd /var/www/default/apps/myproject/current/ && bundle exec ./daemons/sidekiq stop'" as uid "www-data" and gid "www-data"

  # if totalmem is greater than 500 MB for 2 cycles then restart # VM bloat is common in Rails apps
  group myproject

nginx.conf

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

postgresql-9.3.conf

check process postgresql-9.3 with pidfile /var/run/postgresql/9.3-main.pid
  start program = "/etc/init.d/postgresql start"
  stop  program = "/etc/init.d/postgresql stop"

  if failed unixsocket /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432 protocol pgsql
     then restart
  if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 5432 protocol pgsql then restart
  if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout

redis-server.conf

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