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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 - A Mailserver on Ubuntu 16.04: Postfix, Dovecot, MySQL, Postfixadmin, Roundcube also include some installation instructions for monit.

Another site with some security tips, How to secure an Ubuntu 16.04 LTS server - Part 1 The Basics.

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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Home Server Notes	2020-07-26 Sun wk30 20:18	linux, server, setup, summary, index
My Home IT Setup	2019-11-18 Mon wk47 19:41	havetheknowhow, snapraid, opensprinkler, personal, background, setup, home, server, linux, command
Network Setup	2019-11-16 Sat wk46 07:53	network, interface, netplan, nic, setup, loopback, eth, ethernet, bridge, bond, networkd, linux, debian, command
KVM Setup	2019-11-18 Mon wk47 19:52	server, kvm, virtual, command, debian, machine, qemu, virsh, qcow, linux, setup, nbd, network, block, device
VNC Server	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 10:42	linux, server, debian, vnc, setup, vncserver, tigervnc, gnome, xfce
fsck - file system check	2019-11-20 Wed wk47 18:22	linux, fsck, format, partition, boot, corrupt, parted
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Home Server Index	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 14:49
Time Date Related Setup	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 14:39	linux, debian, chrony, ntp, time, date, timedatectl, timezone, timezones
Set Up and Ubuntu APT Cache	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 14:57	linux, ubuntu, debian, apt, cache, apt-cacher-ng, update, upgrade, apt-get
SWAP Files	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 14:58	linux, debian, swap, setup, disable, enable, configure, partition, fstab
BASH Customisation	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 15:00	linux, bash, alias, tar, bash aliases, configure, configuration, bashrc, command, script, history, sudo, visudo, dimmer, ps, kill, nightmode, xrandr, archive, default editor, editor
VIM Editor	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 15:03	vim, neovim, command, linux, debian, text, editor, setup, customise, customisation, cheatsheet
Simlinks	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 15:03	simlinks, ln, linux, setup, command
Fail2Ban	2023-04-30 Sun wk17 17:48	fail2ban, failtoban, setup, customise, linux, security
MONIT	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 15:04	monit, setup, linux, security
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Tripwire	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 15:05	linux, tripwire, setup, security
Commonly used commands and scripts	2019-12-08 Sun wk49 15:05	linux, dmesg, command, systemd, journal, journalctl, tzdata, timezone, apt, upgrade, update, install, remove, crontab, man, apropos, tldr, ip, tc, systemctl, pbcopy, pbpaste, copy, paste

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