process-monitor

Monitor all active processes and kill those who match the "processes" entry (config.json)

configuration file: config.json

format

Field	Info	Default
name_regex	regex for process(es) to monitor
cron	how often to check
cpu_max_limit	max cpu usage in %	0
kill_if_cpu_max_limit	whether to kill process(es) if CPU limit is reached (after total_attempts_before_kill attempts)	false
kill_if_children_cpu_max_limit	whether to kill the parent process if the sum of children attempts exceeds the total_attempts_before_kill limit	false
total_attempts_before_kill	number of attempts to check before killing process(es) (only if kill_if_cpu_max_limit is true)	0

config.json example

{
  "processes": [
    {
      "name_regex": "^Spotify$",
      "cron": "@every 5s",
      "cpu_max_limit": 2,
      "kill_if_cpu_max_limit": true,
      "total_attempts_before_kill": 3
    },
    {
      "name_regex": "^Activity Monitor$",
      "cron": "@every 5s",
      "cpu_max_limit": 2,
      "kill_if_cpu_max_limit": true,
      "total_attempts_before_kill": 3
    }
  ]
}

cron expression format

Field name	Mandatory?	Allowed values	Allowed special characters
Seconds	Yes	0-59	* / , -
Minutes	Yes	0-59	* / , -
Hours	Yes	0-23	* / , -
Day of month	Yes	1-31	* / , - ?
Month	Yes	1-12 or JAN-DEC	* / , -
Day of week	Yes	0-6 or SUN-SAT	* / , - ?

predefined schedules

Entry	Description	Equivalent To
@yearly (or @annually)	Run once a year, midnight, Jan. 1st	0 0 0 1 1 *
@monthly	Run once a month, midnight, first of month	0 0 0 1 * *
@weekly	Run once a week, midnight between Sat/Sun	0 0 0 * * 0
@daily (or @midnight)	Run once a day, midnight	0 0 0 * * *
@hourly	Run once an hour, beginning of hour	0 0 * * * *

intervals

@every <duration>