I set up ```monit```, a utility for monitoring services on a Unix system. My concrete use case is a FreeBSD machine, that runs "N2N Edge", a Peer-to-peer (P2P) virtual private network (VPN) software. ```monit``` pretty much automates the "have you tried turning it off and on again?" process. Configurations like the following illustrate this: ```bash check process myproc matching "myproc" start program = "/etc/init.d/myprocstart" stop program = "/usr/bin/killall myproc" if cpu usage > 95% for 10 cycles then restart ``` <a href="https://blag.nullteilerfrei.de/2016/11/01/monit-make-broken-things-work/#more-3668" class="more-link">Do you want to know more?</a>