Using Templates and Groups for automated setup

Suppose to want every Linux servers to have a service check for CPU Load via SNMP.

In it, define check command to use and command arguments.

In it, add SNMP-Linux-Load-Average to Services Template linked.

In them:

• add template Servers-Linux to Host Mulitple Templates.
• set Create Services linked to the Template too to Yes.

That way, an individual SNMP-Linux-Load-Average check definition will be automatically created for the host.

This is like the above but all hosts in a group share the service check definition. That means, changes to the check definition affect all hosts.

In it, define check command to use and command arguments.

All group members will share the SNMP-Linux-Load-Average definition.

In it:

• set service template to SNMP-Linux-Load-Average
• add the Linux-Servers group to Linked with HostGroups

In it, add the Linux-Servers to Parent HostGroups.