did you confirm you can connect using telnet and that the something is
listening on 2812 e.g. lsof -i:2812

On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 12:15 PM, Chuck Charleston <[email protected]
> wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> I have tried as you suggested and reloaded monit but unfortunately, still
> receive the error: Cannot create socket to [localhost]:2812 -- Connection
> refused
>
>
> Regards,
> Chuck
>
> On 8 February 2016 at 11:56, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> The "use addres 127.0.0.1" makes monit listen only on the loopback
>> interface ... the "allow mmonit.server.ip" has no effect, as M/Monit won't
>> be able to reach Monit's httpd.
>>
>> I suggest to change the configuration like this (remove "use address
>> 127.0.0.1"):
>>
>> --8<--
>>     set httpd port 2812
>>         SSL enable
>>         pemfile /var/certs/monit.pem
>>         allowselfcertification
>>         allow mmonit.server.ip #note: allow access from M/Monit
>> allow 127.0.0.1 #note: allow access for monit CLI
>>         allow user:pass
>> --8<--
>>
>> Monit will then listen on all interfaces, so it can be reached both from
>> the M/Monit host and localhost.
>>
>> Please make sure to do "monit reload" after the configuration change.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Martin
>>
>>
>> On 08 Feb 2016, at 15:29, Chuck Charleston <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi Martin,
>>
>> I have done that now and reloaded monit, but the issue persists.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Chuck
>>
>> On 8 February 2016 at 09:16, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> just add "allow 127.0.0.1" to the list of allow options
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Martin
>>>
>>> 8. 2. 2016 v 15:11, Chuck Charleston <[email protected]>:
>>>
>>> Hi Martin,
>>>
>>> Here it is.
>>>
>>> set mmonit https://user:[email protected]:8443/collector
>>> set httpd port 2812 and use address 127.0.0.1
>>> SSL enable
>>> pemfile /var/certs/monit.pem
>>> allowselfcertification
>>> allow mmonit.server.ip
>>> allow user:pass
>>>
>>> This is on a Centos 7 cPanel DNSonly server.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Chuck
>>>
>>> On 8 February 2016 at 04:56, Martin Pala <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> please send the "set httpd" statement from your monit configuration
>>>> file include "allow" options (obfuscate credentials if any).
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Martin
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > On 07 Feb 2016, at 22:59, Chuck Charleston <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> >
>>>> > Hi Tino,
>>>> >
>>>> > Thanks for that! I have fixed it now and it is communicating with
>>>> M/Monit fine. I now however have another error when running monit status:
>>>> >
>>>> > Cannot create socket to [127.0.0.1]:2812 -- Connection refused
>>>> >
>>>> > Same thing if I use the actual external IP or hostname. Never had
>>>> this issue before so a bit strange though Monit seems to be working fine
>>>> and I do not use the actual web interface for Monit since I have M/Monit.
>>>> >
>>>> > I'll keep digging into it but weird that it comes up.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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