Platform Notes -------------- This file describes platform specific notes for monit. In case you are looking for precompiled packages for your platform you might want to have a look in the PACKAGES file. Platforms overview in alphabetical order: o Darwin (Mac OS X) o FreeBSD o Linux o NetBSD o OpenBSD o Solaris Following platforms are not actively maintained because of lack of testing machine for these OS's. They may work - its support was added and confirmed in particular monit releases by contributors. Possible status reports, bug reports, patch contributions or access to such platforms for development is welcomed :) o AIX o HPUX Platform specific notes: ======================== GNU/Linux ========= Monit compiles out of the box on Linux. Some Linux Distributions might have monit as a precompiled package (see PACKAGES). In order to be able to use resource support you have to have PROCFS support enabled in your kernel. In case your kernel has fortified your proc filesystem, e.g. using the openwall patchset, you might need to start monit as the root user. In case a glibc replacement is used one of the following parts may apply. dietlibc -------- Since version 4.0 the use of dietlibc is supported by monit. For SSL support you need to compile the ssl libraries with dietlibc; use the "--with-ssl-lib-dir=" option to configure monit. A configure for dietlibc might look like this: env CC="diet gcc" CFLAGS="-Os" \ ./configure --with-ssl-lib-dir=/usr/lib/diet/lib-i386/ uClibc ------ The support for uClibc has been integrated in version 4.0. Like dietlibc you need to compile openssl with uClibc for SSL support. You also need to have the openssl include files outside of your "standard" include files (e.g. use an "openssl" link in you /include tree). Otherwise your uClibc include files are mixed up with the glibc includes. Finally, specify your / tree in your configure run with "--with-ssl-dir=". A configure for uClibc might look like this: env CC="i386-uclibc-gcc" CFLAGS="-Os" \ ./configure --with-ssl-dir=/usr/i386-linux-uclibc Solaris ======= Monit is running on Solaris without additional options. You can use either gcc or Forte C for compilation. Monit has to be started as root to work with resource support. In case 64bit executables are monitored with monit you have to use a 64bit compiled monit. Furthermore, you do need a 64bit compiled openssl (optional in case SSL support is configured) and a flex library (mandatory). FreeBSD + NetBSD + OpenBSD ========================== Use GNU make to compile ('gmake') Darwin (Mac OS X) ================= Monit currently doesn't show per-process memory usage on Darwin. You will see 0 as the value of this property. Any other not yet mentioned but posix compatible platform ========================================================= Monit might be able to compile using the "UNKNOWN" architecure. In case a wrong platform is detected you can enforce this behavior by using the "--without-resource" flag in the configure run. Generally, it is advisable to stick to gcc for compiling.