[CentOS] Watchdog process?

Thu Dec 11 03:58:45 UTC 2008
Amos Shapira <amos.shapira at gmail.com>

2008/12/11 Karanbir Singh <kbsingh at centos.org>:
> Amos Shapira wrote:
>> Is there a generic built-in way on CentOS to overlook that a specific
>> process is alive and re-spawn it (or just run a configured command)
>> when it dies?
>
> Monit
>
> works well for me in a very diverse set of jobs and roles.

Thanks! Obvious answer.

I can't understand why I was stuck on looking for "watchdog" and not
"monitor". I'll try to use monit for everything else on my system too.

Cheers,

--Amos