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# Add Ping Check

<i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click <i class="fa-plus">:plus:</i> **Add Ping Check** in the upper-right corner of the [Ping Monitoring Overview](/docs/manual/english/platform-usage/observations/health-checks/ping-monitoring.md#ping-monitoring-overview) to create a new ping check. The **Observations** → **Ping Monitoring** → **Add** view opens.

<i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> After configuring all settings, click **Add Ping Check** to save and create the new ping check.

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**Please note**: If you leave this view without clicking **Add Ping Check**, all configured settings will be lost and cannot be recovered.
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## Settings&#x20;

The following options are available:

<table><thead><tr><th width="199.921875">Option</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Watchdog</td><td><p>Select the Watchdog that should monitor the corresponding target system.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="danger" class="hint hint-danger"><p><strong>Please note</strong>: The Watchdog must be able to access the IP address of the target system.</p></div><p><i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click the <strong>Watchdog</strong> field to expand a list of all available Watchdogs, and select a suitable Watchdog. In addition to the Watchdog name, all subnets that the Watchdog can monitor are displayed. Use the free-text input to find Watchdogs in the list more quickly.</p></td></tr><tr><td>IP Address</td><td>Enter the IP address of the network device or the name of the domain to be monitored via ping.</td></tr><tr><td>Description</td><td><p>Provide a more detailed description of the ping check.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>This field is optional.</p></div></td></tr><tr><td>Tags</td><td><p>Specify tags that can be used, for example, to assign the ping check to alarms.</p><div data-gb-custom-block data-tag="hint" data-style="info" class="hint hint-info"><p>The default tags are <strong>Observation</strong> and <strong>Ping</strong>.</p></div><p><i class="fa-computer-mouse">:computer-mouse:</i> Click the <strong>Tags</strong> field and enter a tag name of your choice. Press <strong>Enter</strong> to confirm your entry. Click the <strong>Delete</strong> icon <i class="fa-xmark">:xmark:</i> next to a tag to remove it from the <strong>Tags</strong> field.</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

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