docker-monit: very simple daemon that helps you monitor docker containers by maintaining PID files for them.
Create file /etc/default/docker-monit with contents:
CONTAINERS="container1 container2 container3"
Then run:
cp docker-monit /usr/local/bin/
Upstart users
cp docker-monit.conf /etc/init
start docker-monit
stop docker-monit
sudo cat /var/log/upstart/docker-monit.log
Systemd users
cp docker-monit.service /etc/systemd/system
/bin/systemctl enable docker-monit.service
service docker-monit start
service docker-monit stop
sudo journalctl -f -u docker-monit.service
Monit users
Create file /etc/monit/conf.d/docker-monit with contents:
check process docker-monit with pidfile /var/run/docker-monit.pid
start program = "/sbin/start docker-monit"
stop program = "/sbin/stop docker-monit"
if 5 restarts with 5 cycles then timeout
check process rl_db with path /var/run/docker-monit/rl_db.pid
if 5 restarts with 5 cycles then timeout