Getting started
Default configuration
By default, Monit uses the SMTP server installed on localhost
to send
e-mails to the root
account. Make sure that the working SMTP server or
relay is available with the proper forwarding, or change the configuration of
the mail server used by Monit via Ansible inventory.
The Monit HTTP server will be enabled by default, however it's not exposed to
the public network and only available on localhost
interface. To protect
the HTTP interface against attacks by unprivileged users on the same host, the
HTTP interface is secured by a randomly generated password, stored in one of
the configuration files. The root
account can use the monit CLI
interface to interact with Monit without the need for a password.
Example inventory
To enable Monit on a host, you need to add that host in the
[debops_service_monit]
Ansible inventory group:
[debops_service_monit]
hostname
Example playbook
If you are using this role without DebOps, here's an example Ansible playbook
that uses the debops.monit
role:
---
- name: Manage Monit service
collections: [ 'debops.debops', 'debops.roles01',
'debops.roles02', 'debops.roles03' ]
hosts: [ 'debops_service_monit' ]
become: True
environment: '{{ inventory__environment | d({})
| combine(inventory__group_environment | d({}))
| combine(inventory__host_environment | d({})) }}'
roles:
- role: monit
tags: [ 'role::monit', 'skip::monit' ]