check process named with pidfile /var/run/bind/run/named.pid start program = "/etc/init.d/bind9 start" stop program = "/etc/init.d/bind9 stop" if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 53 type tcp then alert if failed host 127.0.0.1 port 53 type udp then alert if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout