On 01/24 08:33 , John Gateley wrote:
> I can start it via init, but that usually doesn't include monitoring
> and restarting either.

For this, try 'monit'.
'apt-get install monit' - it's fairly well documented.
https://linux.die.net/man/1/monit

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Carl Soderstrom
Systems Administrator
Real-Time Enterprises
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