monit

The monit module provides a Node interface to interact with Monit management utility.

Instalation

npm install monit

Usage

Client

The Client class allows you to make requests to the Monit instance.

var Client = require('monit').Client;

var client = new Client({
  hostname: 'monit.myapp.com',
  username: 'admin',
  password: 'monit'
});

Options available

Name	Default	Description
hostname	'localhost'	The host serving the Monit instance
port	2812	The port used to serve the Monit port
ssl	false	Wheter monit web is being served under SSL
username	null	Username to be used on authentication
password	null	Password to be used on authentication

Client.status

Retrieves the current status data from the Monit instance.

client.status()
  .then(function(result) {
    console.log(result.monit.server.localhostname);
  }).catch(function(err) {
    throw err;
  });

Client.action

Allows you to perform one of the Monit supported actions on a service. The supported actions are 'start', 'stop', 'restart', 'monitor' and 'unmonitor'. Both options service and action are required.

client.action({
  service: 'nginx',
  action: 'monitor'
}).then(function(response) {
  console.log('nginx monitoring was enabled!');
}).catch(function(err) {
  throw err;
});

MIT Licensed

See the LICENSE file for details.

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Adones Cunha