title: State and Count of Processes
agents: linux, windows, aix, solaris, openvms
catalog: os/ps
license: GPL
distribution: check_mk
description:
 This check looks into the list of then current running processes for
 those matching a certain name or regular expression and optionally
 being owned by a certain user. The number of
 matching processes is matched against warning and critical levels.

item:
 A user definable service description for Nagios.
 That description must be unique within each host.
 Changing the description will make Nagios think that
 it is another service.

inventory:
 The Check_MK check {ps} supports discovering running services on your monitored
 systems. Since Check_MK cannot know which processes are of relevance to you,
 some configuration is needed. The configuration is done via the ruleset
 {inventory_processes_rules}.

 During inventory Check_MK tries to match all entries on each
 process found on the target host. If an entry matches, a new check will
 be created according to the entry (if it's not already existing).
