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Policies are created and edited in an [[application|application]]. A policy is instructions for the monitoring of something from a computer. Policies are deployed to a node using [[group|groups]].
After entering an [[application|application]] use the [[Breadcrumbs|breadcrumb navigator]] to select the policies option to see the [[Policies_view|policies view]]
[[file:breadcrums_config_policy.png|350px]]
== Policy types ==
There are currently 14 different policy types. Each policy is targeted to monitor a different aspect of a server.
# '''[[Command execution policy|Command execution]]''' Runs a executable or script on a server and returns the result# '''[[Disk Filesystem policy|Disk / Filesystem]]''' Montor the used space and free space for a file system# '''[[Event policy|Event]]''' Intercept an event sent from the event program and inspect it for enhancements# '''[[HTTP response policy|HTTP response]]''' Monitor a webpage for key performance metrics# '''[[Log file policy|Log file]]''' Watches a log file for text matches or file size# '''[[Ping response policy|Ping response]]''' Ping a host and inspect the return results# '''[[Port availability policy|Port availability]]''' Watch the local or a remote host for the availability of a port# '''[[Process performance policy|Process performance]]''' Watch a local process for key metrics# '''[[Service status policy|Service status]]''' Watch a local service for service state changes# '''[[SNMP Poll policy|SNMP policy]]''' Poll a SNMP device# '''[[SNMP Trap receipt policy|SNMP Trap recipient]]''' Inspect a received SNMP trap# '''[[Veloopti Agent Health policy|Veloopti agent health]]''' Watch a Veloopti agent to see whether it is connected or not# '''[[Windows Performance Library policy|Windows performance library]]''' Inspect the Windows Performance Library# '''[[CI Metric Thresholds policy|CI Metric thresholds]]''' Inspect the global metrics that are being collected for the node
== Deploying a policy to a server ==