[jhawthorn]

I wouldn't use god. It's had issues crashing or misbehaving in the past. I've found monit very stable if a little awkward to configure correctly.

Today I would use systemd with monit for additional monitoring. systemd ensures that the same environment is used regardless of how it is invoked, and the units are extremely simple. Monit can ensure a running server is behaving (memory limits, CPU limits, testing HTTP) and rely on systemctl for restarting processes.