diff --git a/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp b/manifests/monitoring/fail2ban.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/manifests/server/nagios.pp b/manifests/server/nagios.pp
index a07bfaa..925c5ce 100644
--- a/manifests/server/nagios.pp
+++ b/manifests/server/nagios.pp
@@ -24,6 +24,23 @@ class confdroid_nagios::server::nagios (
       notify              => Service[$ng_service],
     }
 
+    @@nagios_host { $fqdn:
+      ensure              => $ng_ping_ensure,
+      alias               => $hostname,
+      address             => $fqdn,
+      use                 => 'linux-server',
+      target              => $ng_target_host,
+      hostgroups          => 'linux-servers',
+      contacts            => $ng_contact_name,
+      max_check_attempts  => $ng_max_check_attempts,
+      notification_period => '24x7',
+      owner               => $ng_user,
+      group               => $ng_user,
+      mode                => '0640',
+      check_command       => "check_ping!${ng_ping_warn}!${ng_ping_crit}",
+      notify              => Service[$ng_service],
+    }
+
     @@nagios_service { 'check_nagios_localhost':
       check_command       => "check_nagios!${ng_spool_dir}/status.dat!5!/usr/sbin/nagios",
       use                 => 'generic-service',