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-# monit
+<!--
+title: "Monit monitoring with Netdata"
+custom_edit_url: https://github.com/netdata/netdata/edit/master/collectors/python.d.plugin/monit/README.md
+sidebar_label: "Monit"
+-->
+
+# Monit monitoring with Netdata
Monit monitoring module. Data is grabbed from stats XML interface (exists for a long time, but not mentioned in official documentation). Mostly this plugin shows statuses of monit targets, i.e. [statuses of specified checks](https://mmonit.com/monit/documentation/monit.html#Service-checks).
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- Hosts (+latency)
- Network interfaces
-## configuration
+## Configuration
+
+Edit the `python.d/monit.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the Netdata [config
+directory](/docs/configure/nodes.md), which is typically at `/etc/netdata`.
+
+```bash
+cd /etc/netdata # Replace this path with your Netdata config directory, if different
+sudo ./edit-config python.d/monit.conf
+```
Sample: