--- title: sc-watchdog Configuration slug: kronpam-how-to-guides/sc-watchdog-configuration description: Learn how to add the required system config parameters and configure the application.properties file with this helpful document. Follow step-by-step instructions to navigate to the System Config Man. page in the Administration section and fill in the nece docTags: createdAt: 2022-08-18T10:21:27.000Z --- ## Adding required System Config Parameters 1. Navigate to **Administration** > **System Config Man.** 2. Enter the following fields: | **Parameter Name** | **Definition** | **Description** | **Sample Value** | | --------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------- | | **netright.job.master.instance.name** | Instance name | Master instance parameter for the controller region. It must be the same as the one defined in netright.properties. | singleconnect-1 | | **netright.job.master.instance.name.$region\_name** | Instance name | Master instance parameter for the controlled region. It must be the same as the one defined in netright.properties
**$region\_name should be replaced with the defined region name in the instance controller page.** | singleconnect-1 | | **watchdog.check.attempt.num** | integer | Number of times the watchdog should check the status before initiating the failover scenario | 10 | | **watchdog.check.interval** | integer | How often the watchdogs should communicate with each other. (second) | 300 | | **watchdog.interregion.communication** | Boolean | The default value is false. If the parameter value is changed to true, instance acknowledgments are accessible from within regions and the whole environment. | false | | **watchdog.stop.sapm.jobs.after.down.instance** | *Boolean*
*true/false* | The default value is false. If changed to true, the watchdog application will do the following checks:
* If the status of a master instance is down, or * If the watchdog of a master instance is unavailable, or * If the replication status is not active for one of the master instances, enabled SAPM Jobs are disabled for all instances in the environment. * After these undesired conditions are eliminated, the disabled SAPM Jobs are changed back to Enabled to trigger. * Watchdog does not interfere with activity jobs, only changes their status in the database. When the status of these jobs is disabled, they are not executed. They are only executed when the status is set to “enabled” again. | | ## Configuring application.properties file 1. Create ssh connection to the instance. 2. Navigate to **/u01/watchdog/config**. 3. Edit **application.properties **file with vi. 4. Edit the following parameters: | **Field** | **Sample Value** | **Definition** | | ------------------------- | ------------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | **logging.file** | watchdog.log | This parameter indicates the logging file. The parameter value must be** watchdog.log**. | | **server.port** | 8082 | This parameter indicates the port for watchdog service. The parameter value must be** 8082**. | | **netright.baseurl** | https\://localhost | This parameter is the netright baseurl definition. This must be** https\://localhost**. | | **watchdog.instanceName** | sconnect-1 | It is the name of the instance that needs to be added. The instance name must be the same as the name in netright.properties file. | | **server.address** | 10.20.30.40 | Instance IP |