https://github.com/bitnami/gonit

Drop-in replacement for monit written in Go, with Apache 2.0 license
https://github.com/bitnami/gonit

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Drop-in replacement for monit written in Go, with Apache 2.0 license

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bitnami/gonit
• Owner: bitnami
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2016-08-05T14:05:49.000Z (almost 10 years ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-05-15T08:23:31.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-05-30T16:38:35.780Z (about 1 year ago)
• Topics: monit
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://bitnami.com
• Size: 276 KB
• Stars: 83
• Watchers: 26
• Forks: 14
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Contributing: CONTRIBUTING.md
  • License: LICENSE.md
  • Code of conduct: CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
  • Security: SECURITY.md

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# gonit

_gonit_ is an Apache 2.0 drop in replacement for [monit](https://mmonit.com/monit/).

Currently, it only supports a subset of its configuration settings and only process type checks.

It requires Go 1.8 (or newer) to build.

## Installation

```console

$ go get github.com/bitnami/gonit/...

```

## Building from source

```console

$ git clone https://github.com/bitnami/gonit.git

$ cd gonit

$ make build

+ build

*** Gonit binary created under ./dist/gonit/gonit ***

```

## Basic usage

You can check gonit's basic usage options by invoking its help menu:

```console

$ gonit -h

Usage:

  gonit [flags]

  gonit [command]

Available Commands:

  monitor     Monitor service

  quit        Terminate the execution of a running daemon

  reload      Reinitialize tool

  restart     Restart service

  start       Start service

  status      Print full status information for each service

  stop        Stop service

  summary     Print short status information for each service

  unmonitor   Unmonitor service

Flags:

  -c, --controlfile file        Use this control file (default "/etc/gonit/gonitrc")

  -d, --daemonize n             Run as a daemon once per n seconds

  -I, --foreground              Do not run in background (needed for run from init)

  -l, --logfile file            Print log information to this file. (default "/var/log/gonit.log")

  -p, --pidfile pidfile         Use this pidfile in daemon mode (default "/var/run/gonit.pid")

  -S, --socketfile socketfile   Use this socketfile to listen for requests in daemon mode (default "/var/run/gonit.sock")

  -s, --statefile file          Set the file gonit should write state information to (default "/var/lib/gonit/state")

  -v, --verbose                 Verbose mode, work noisy (diagnostic output)

Use "gonit [command] --help" for more information about a command.

```

## License

Copyright © 2025 Broadcom. The term "Broadcom" refers to Broadcom Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.

See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.