#Centos 7 install monit update
#Centos 7 install monit software

The Ansible playbook to enable the Monit’s Web interface is as follows: - name: Configure UI After making changes to the configuration file, the service needs to be restarted.

The Web UI port needs to be enabled with basic login credentials. The default configuration file for Monit is located at /etc/monit/monitrc.

#Centos 7 install monit software

Monit software provides a Web interface that listens on port 2812. The -K option prompts for the sudo password for the Debian user account. You can use up to four ‘v’s for a more detailed output. The -vv represents the verbosity in the Ansible output. The above playbook can be invoked using the following command: $ ansible-playbook -i inventory/kvm/inventory playbooks/configuration/monit.yml -tags install -vv -K Figure 3: Monit Web UI with SSH and Nginx

#Centos 7 install monit update

name: Update the software package repository The Ansible playbook for the above tasks is provided below, for reference:. The Monit service is then started using systemd. The net-tools package is installed to provide the netstat command in the system. The Debian software package repository is first updated and then Monit is installed. You can now test connectivity from Ansible to the Debian 9 VM using the following command: $ ansible -i inventory/kvm/inventory debian -m ping You should add an entry in /etc/hosts file for the Debian VM as shown below: 192.168.122.197 debian Figure 2: Monit Web UI status The ‘debian’ user also requires sudo access: apt-get install adduser debian sudo Log in to the VM and install the sudo package. The default Debian 9 installation does not have the sudo package installed. The inventory/kvm/inventory file contains the following code: debian ansible_host=192.168.122.197 ansible_connection=ssh ansible_user=debian ansible_password=password The Ansible playbook and inventory file are created on the host system as follows: ansible/inventory/kvm/ The version of Ansible used is 2.6.0, as indicated below: $ ansible -versionĬonfigured module search path = Īnsible python module location = /usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible The host system is a Parabola GNU/Linux-libre x86_64 system and Ansible is installed using the distribution package manager. A Debian 9 (x86_64) guest virtual machine (VM) using KVM/QEMU will be set up and monitored using Monit.