Merge pull request #1422 from kvelarde/develop

First monit module commit

salt/modules/monit.py

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+'''
+Monit service module. This module will create a monit type 
+service watcher.
+'''
+
+import os
+
+def start(name):
+    '''
+   
+    CLI Example::
+    salt '*' monit.start <service name>
+    '''
+    cmd = "monit start {0}".format(name)
+
+    return not __salt__['cmd.retcode'](cmd)
+
+
+def stop(name):
+    '''
+    Stops service via monit
+
+    CLI Example::
+
+        salt '*' monit.stop <service name>
+    '''
+    cmd = "monit stop {0}".format(name)
+
+
+    return not __salt__['cmd.retcode'](cmd)
+
+
+def restart(name):
+    '''
+    Restart service via monit
+
+    CLI Example::
+
+        salt '*' monit.restart <service name>
+    '''
+    cmd = "monit restart {0}".format(name)
+
+    return not __salt__['cmd.retcode'](cmd)
+