Re: Monit starting processes when they are updating

Hello Jamie,
as long as the application update is fast,
you can delay the application (re)start.

check process Postgres with pidfile /var/run/pgsql/data.pid
  onreboot laststate
:
  if not exist for 5 cycles then start

You will get an alert if the application is down and a restart will wait
five cycles.

On the other hand, you can monitor the application log file and
disable/enable the monitoring for the application based on the messages.

You will find some suggestion in the wiki also,
see https://mmonit.com/wiki/Monit/HowTo

Lutz