check process postgresql with pidfile /var/run/postgresql/9.0-main.pid group database start program = "/etc/init.d/postgresql start" stop program = "/etc/init.d/postgresql stop" #if failed unixsocket /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432 protocol pgsql then restart #if failed unixsocket /var/run/postgresql/.s.PGSQL.5432 protocol pgsql then alert if failed host localhost port 5432 protocol pgsql then restart #if failed host localhost port 5432 protocol pgsql then alert if 5 restarts within 5 cycles then timeout