Information about the package, monit, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The monit package is designed for, Manages and monitors processes, files, directories and devices.
Package Name:
monit
Summary:
Manages and monitors processes, files, directories and devices
Description:
monit is a utility for managing and monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices on a UNIX system. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
5.25.1
Release:
1.el6
Size:
310 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
AGPLv3
Control the monit package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install monit
This command will install monit on the server.
yum remove monit
This command will un-install monit on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove monit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove monit
This command will un-install monit on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove monit when using the -y flag.
yum update monit
This command will update monit to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove monit, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update monit
This command will update monit to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove monit when using the -y flag.
yum info monit
This command will show you core information about the monit package.
yum deplist monit
This command will show you the dependencies for monit. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update monit
This command will check if there is an update waiting on monit. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.