monit does not restart Apache correctly

[Emil eMerchantPay]

Hi, 

I am using Monit 5.3.1 and have the following simple config:

check process apache with pidfile /var/run/apache2.pid

    start program = "/etc/init.d/apache2 start" with timeout 60 seconds

    stop program  = "/etc/init.d/apache2 stop"

    if failed port 80 proto http with timeout 10 seconds for 3 cycles then restart

    if cpu usage > 95% for 3 cycles then restart

    if 3 restarts within 3 cycles then timeout

    depends on mysql

check process mysql with pidfile /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid

  start program = "/etc/init.d/mysql start"

  stop program = "/etc/init.d/mysql stop"

  if failed port 3306 then restart

What I am trying to achieve is, test apache at port 80, and if it is not accessible, I restart it.

Problem is, I never see a restart msg in /var/log/apache2/error.log, so Apache is not restarted.

I am constantly getting emails with from Monit:

Monit restart apache at Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:33:39 on some-host.some-domain: failed protocol test [HTTP] at INET[localhost:80] via TCP -- HTTP: Error receiving data -- Resource temporarily unavailable

How can I restart Apache properly and make sure that after a few restarts, the service is unmonitored and I don't get more emails from Monit?

Thanks in advance 

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