Resource Type: nimsoft_process

Defined in:

lib/puppet/type/nimsoft_process.rb

Providers:

nimsoft

Overview

A ‘process` resource describes a nimsoft monitoring profile for the processes probe.

Example:

Properties

• active

  Defines wether the profile should be active or deactivated

  Supported values:

  • yes
  • no
• alarm_on

  Defines when an alarm should be triggered. You can pass an array if you want to trigger an alarm on multiple conditions

  Supported values:

  • up
  • down
  • restart
• count

  The number of expected processes. This can either be an absolute value or a minimal or maximum value

• description

  A short description of the profile.

• ensure (defaults to: present)

  The basic property that the resource should be in.

  Supported values:

  • present
  • absent
• match (defaults to: nameonly)

  This defines if just the binary has to be present in the process table or if the full argument list has to match the ‘pattern` parameter

  Supported values:

  • nameonly
  • cmdline
• pattern

  The pattern that should be looked up in the process table. This can either be a single command or the command with arguments. Make sure to also set the ‘match` parameter accordingly

• trackpid

  Defines wether the process identifier should be tracked. This way the probe is able to detect process restarts

  Supported values:

  • yes
  • no

Parameters

• name (namevar)

  The name of the profile

• provider

  The specific backend to use for this ‘nimsoft_process` resource. You will seldom need to specify this — Puppet will usually discover the appropriate provider for your platform.