Profile Manager Service Template configuration and arguments

Service Templates become the basis for multiple GV GUARDIAN services. Templates contain the base configuration for the service. Arguments can be added to the configuration so that different services using the templates can specify different values.

When creating a Service Template:

To get the service configuration, use a monitoring wizard to create the service and then find the configuration on local PC at /usr/local/nagios/etc/services/<hostname>.cfg.
Don’t add hostgroups to the configuration. The Profile Manager adds hostgroups when writing out the configuration. Profiles use hostgroups to associate services to hosts in profiles.
Arguments have a title and description. Arguments are referenced in the template configuration by adding ‘@’s to both the front and back of the argument title. The argument description gives context to the argument and is displayed when creating services from the template.