NOTE: If you want to define a template based on ownership or how many instances are currently running, you can check the 'Unmatched procs' table on a particular host screen or the 'Processes not matched by this template' table on a template editing screen to get this information. See for tips on finding specific process attributes.

Rule Fields and Their Descriptions

The following figure shows the Rules portion of an application template. Fields and their descriptions follow the image.

Field

Description

 

 

Rule

Rules can be simple or complex, and are based on types that can be added to or deleted from the rule.

 

Possible type values used to construct a rule include:

 

Or

 

 

Can contain a list of one or more And, Or, User, Group, Path or Cmdline values.

 

 

Effect: Any one of the rules within this statement can be true to match a process to the application.

 

And

 

 

Can contain a list of one or more And, Or, User, Group, Path or Cmdline values.

 

 

Effect: All of the rules within this statement must be true to match a process to the application.

 

User

 

 

Supply the user name associated with the process. In addition to literal names, regular expressions

 

 

are allowed.

 

 

Effect: Make matching to a process dependent on a particular user.

 

Group

 

 

Supply the group name of the process. Regular expressions are allowed.

 

 

Effect: Make matching to a process dependent on a particular group.

 

Path

 

 

Supply the executable path of the process. Regular expressions are allowed.

 

 

Effect: Make matching to a process dependent on a particular executable path.

 

Cmdline

 

 

Supply the command line arguments used to start the process. Regular expressions are allowed.

 

 

Effect: Make matching to a process dependent on a particular command line argument.

 

 

 

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