--- layout: "icinga2" page_title: "Icinga2: host" sidebar_current: "docs-icinga2-resource-checkcommand" description: |- Configures a checkcommand resource. This allows checkcommands to be configured, updated and deleted. --- # icinga2\_checkcommand Configures an Icinga2 checkcommand resource. This allows checkcommands to be configured, updated, and deleted. ## Example Usage ``` # Configure a new checkcommand on an Icinga2 Server, that can be used to monitor hosts and/or services provider "icinga2" { api_url = "https://192.168.33.5:5665/v1" } resource "icinga2_checkcommand" "apache_status" { name = "apache_status" templates = ["apache-status", "plugin-check-command", "plugin-check-command", "ipv4-or-ipv6"] command = "/usr/lib64/nagios/plugins/check_apache_status.pl" arguments = { "-H" = "$apache_status_address$" "-c" = "$apache_status_critical$" "-p" = "$apache_status_port$" } } ``` ## Argument Reference The following arguments are supported: * `arguments` - (Optional) A mapping of arguments to include with the command. * `command` - (Required) Path to the command te be executed. * `name` - (Required) Name by which to reference the checkcommand * `templates` - (Optional) A list of Icinga2 templates to assign to the host.