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# 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).

1. **Filesystems**

    - Filesystems
    - Directories
    - Files
    - Pipes

2. **Applications**

    - Processes (+threads/childs)
    - Programs

3. **Network**

    - Hosts (+latency)
    - Network interfaces

## Configuration

Edit the `python.d/monit.conf` configuration file using `edit-config` from the
Netdata [config directory](https://github.com/netdata/netdata/blob/master/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:

```yaml
local:
  name: 'local'
  url: 'http://localhost:2812'
  user: : admin
  pass: : monit
```

If no configuration is given, module will attempt to connect to monit as `http://localhost:2812`.

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