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mmonit-cli-ng

A POSIX sh + jq CLI for controlling M/Monit host monitoring state.

Executable command: mmonitctl

Features

• Stop all hosts: stop-all (status=2 = Ignored)
• Start all hosts: start-all (status=0 = Active)
• Interactive host selection: stop / start
• Group target by name or ID: stop-group <group> / start-group <group>
• Interactive group selection (from menu)
• Alert check command: check
  • Uses GET /api/2/reports/events/list?active=1&state=1
  • Exits 1 when at least one active alert event exists
• Parallel updates (MMONIT_CONCURRENCY, default 8)

Requirements

• POSIX-compatible sh
• curl
• jq
• awk, mktemp, stty

Install

make install

Default install path: /usr/local/bin/mmonitctl

Initial setup

On first run, the CLI prompts for:

• M/Monit Base URL
• Username
• Password

Saved config path:

• macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/mmonitctl/config.json
• Linux: ~/.config/mmonitctl/config.json

Reconfigure:

mmonitctl config

Usage

# Open menu
mmonitctl

# Stop/start all hosts
mmonitctl stop-all
mmonitctl start-all

# Select hosts to stop/start
mmonitctl stop
mmonitctl start

# Stop/start specific group (name or id)
mmonitctl stop-group web
mmonitctl start-group web
mmonitctl stop-group 94
mmonitctl start-group 94

# Check active alert events
mmonitctl check

# Invert exit code (alert=0, no-alert=1)
mmonitctl check --invert-exit

Compatibility flags (accepted):

mmonitctl stop-all --yes
mmonitctl start-all --non-interactive

Menu

1. Stop all hosts
2. Start all hosts
3. Select hosts to stop
4. Select hosts to start
5. Select groups to stop
6. Select groups to start
7. Check host errors (exit status)
8. Cancel

Interactive keys

Key	Action
k / ↑ / Ctrl-P	Move up
j / ↓ / Ctrl-N	Move down
Space	Toggle selection and move cursor to next item
A	Select all currently visible items
/	Enter filter input mode
Enter	Run action with selected items (or exit filter input mode)
Backspace	Delete one character in filter input mode
Esc	Clear active filter (does not close selector)
q	Cancel selector

Environment variables

• MMONIT_BASE_URL
• MMONIT_USERNAME
• MMONIT_PASSWORD
• MMONIT_CONFIG_DIR
• MMONIT_CONCURRENCY (default: 8)
• NO_COLOR=1

MMONIT_BASE_URL, MMONIT_USERNAME, and MMONIT_PASSWORD override saved config.

API usage

• GET /api/2/session/get (CSRF token)
• GET /api/2/admin/hosts/list
• GET /api/2/admin/hosts/get?id=<id>
• POST /api/2/admin/hosts/update
• GET /api/2/admin/groups/list
• GET /api/2/reports/events/list?active=1&state=1 (check)

For hosts/update, values from hosts/get are preserved and sent together with status.

Development

make lint
make test