How to monitor SFTP with monit

Question

I just installed monit and checked the web interface. Unfortunately proftpd is marked as not running although it's running. I think it's because I'm running proftpd with S/FTP not FTP. Is it possible to run monit with S/FTP?

##CHECK ProFTPD
check process proftpd with pidfile /var/run/proftpd.pid
start program = "/etc/init.d/proftpd start"
stop program = "/etc/init.d/proftpd stop"
if failed port 21 protocol sftp then restart
if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout

Show us your monit configuration file. – ewwhite Sep 03 '15 at 13:26 — ewwhite, Sep 03 '15 at 13:26
http://pastebin.com/nGgG5H0S – Akhanto Sep 03 '15 at 20:26 — Akhanto, Sep 03 '15 at 20:26

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 03 '15 at 20:28

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Your ProFTPd check is looking at port 21. Sftp should probably be on port 22, and is already covered in the ssh check you have in place.

Remove the "if failed port 21 protocol sftp then restart". It's unnecessary.

answered Sep 03 '15 at 20:28

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it might be ftp+ssl is what he meant – Mike Sep 03 '15 at 20:55
Possibly, but if `ftps` is being used, the Monit check is still incorrect. – ewwhite Sep 03 '15 at 21:02

How to monitor SFTP with monit

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