I want to create a URL template and apply it to a whole bunch of web servers. The URL address configured in the template is pretty simple:  http://$DEVICENAME$/

I then created a rule engine with a simple criteria that matches the host, and the rule I apply is: Associate a URL Monitor, TemplateName.

When I re-ran the rule template on the required servers, the URL monitor was created but the URL contained the IP address of the server, not the hostname. If I rewrite the URL Template to use the $IPADDRESS$ variable, I get the same result.

When I look at the device snapshot of the hosts in question, I can see the hostname correctly listed above the IP Address.

So uhh... what am I missing here? How can I associate a URL Monitor with multiple web servers and have it call the hostname?

Cheers.