Custom made monitor service for a VPN server that will send a JSON message
1.) Create a folder in /etc.
sudo mkdir /etc/monitor
2.) Copy the config file
sudo cp monitor.conf /etc/monitor/monitor.conf
3.) Set the parameters with your favorite editor.
sudo vim /etc/monitor/monitor.conf
4.) Copy monitor.py to /usr/sbin
sudo cp monitor.py /usr/sbin/monitor.py
5.) Make the script executable
sudo chmod +x /usr/sbin/monitor.py
6.) Copy monitor-service to init.d
sudo cp monitor-service /etc/init.d/monitor-service
7.) Make monitor-service executable
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/monitor-service
8.) Start the service
sudo service monitor-service start
9.) Add the service to start at boot.
update-rc.d monitor-service defaults