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=====MONIT=====

Monit is a small Open Source utility for managing and monitoring Unix systems. Monit conducts automatic maintenance and repair and can execute meaningful causal actions in error situations. The email server instructions from Ex Ratione - [[https://www.exratione.com/2016/05/a-mailserver-on-ubuntu-16-04-postfix-dovecot-mysql/|A Mailserver on Ubuntu 16.04: Postfix, Dovecot, MySQL, Postfixadmin, Roundcube]] also include some installation instructions for monit.

Another site with some security tips, [[https://www.thefanclub.co.za/how-to/how-secure-ubuntu-1604-lts-server-part-1-basics|How to secure an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server - Part 1 The Basics]].

[[https://www.exratione.com/2019/02/a-mailserver-on-ubuntu-18-04-postfix-dovecot-mysql/|A Mailserver on Ubuntu 18.04: Postfix, Dovecot, MySQL]]  has a section on how to setup monit to monitor the mailserver and restart stopped services.

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