проверку синтаксиса для файла конфигурации monit control:

# monit -t

краткое описание monit:

# monit summary

Reload the Monit service with the following command:

# monit reload

статус monit run:

# monit status

Слежение и запуск сервиса в системах с systemd на примере bind9 (chroot):

## bind
check process named with pidfile /var/named/chroot/var/run/named/named.pid
start program = "/usr/bin/systemctl start named-chroot"
stop program = "/usr/bin/systemctl stop named-chroot"
if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 53 type tcp protocol dns then restart
if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 53 type udp protocol dns then restart
if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout