$OpenBSD: README,v 1.1 2010/11/10 13:54:56 pea Exp $
mon is a tool for monitoring the availability of services and sending alerts
on prescribed events.
This is a small howto to get mon running in a basic setup.
1. Edit ${SYSCONFDIR}/mon/mon.cf to fit your needs.
2. You may need additional perl modules in order to use some monitors.
Check your monitor file with perl -c.
Example: perl -c ${TRUEPREFIX}/lib/mon/mon.d/dns.monitor
3. Launch mon in debug mode:
/usr/bin/install -d -o _mon /var/run/mon
su -l _mon -c "${TRUEPREFIX}/bin/mon -c /etc/mon/mon.cf -d -P /var/run/mon/mon.pid"
4. When everything is ok, launch mon as a daemon:
${SYSCONFDIR}/rc.d/mon start
Random hints:
* To use fping.monitor you must install fping.
* If you need a graphical interface, please install mon-client which contains
a simple cgi.
