h2. Petals ESB host template

{color:#333333}A best practice to monitor Petals ESB nodes is to create a template 'Petals ESB host' that inherites from the 'JVM host'.{color}

{color:#333333}According to our environement defined above, create the file 'petals-host-nagios2.cfg' in the directory '/etc/nagios3/conf.d' with the followin content:{color}

{code}
define host{
        use                             jvm-host
        name                            petals-host    ; The name of this host template
        notifications_enabled           1       ; Host notifications are enabled
        event_handler_enabled           1       ; Host event handler is enabled
        flap_detection_enabled          1       ; Flap detection is enabled
        failure_prediction_enabled      1       ; Failure prediction is enabled
        process_perf_data               1       ; Process performance data
        retain_status_information       1       ; Retain status information across program restarts
        retain_nonstatus_information    1       ; Retain non-status information across program restarts
        check_command                   check-host-alive
        max_check_attempts              10
        notification_interval           0
        notification_period             24x7
        notification_options            d,u,r
        contact_groups                  admins
        register                        0       ; DONT REGISTER THIS DEFINITION - ITS NOT A REAL HOST, JUST A TEMPLATE!

# Specific attributes
        _snmpport                       161     ; Listening port of the JVM SNMP agent
        }
{code}