# Editing sgagent.local.conf

You can edit the sgagent.local.conf file for each Server Pool member or use the default values.

The server-specific file sgagent.local.conf includes information to identify the Server Pool member if default values are not used. If the file is not configured, the Monitoring Agent uses the system host name as the default value to identify the member. If edited, this file must be different on each Server Pool member.

Statement | Description
--- | ---
`host host_name` | Specifies the `host_name` of the server. If no value is defined, the system host name is used.
`set alias value` | Defines the `value` of an `alias` that can be used as a variable in the global sgagent.conf configuration.

For example, to configure the member of the Server Pool where sgagent.local.conf resides to use server1 as its host name, and to set the alias hostip to 192.168.1.1:

    host server1
    set hostip 192.168.1.1