top it.
However, pgpool-II must to be started with <font color="red">root privilege</font>
because watchdog process needs to control the virtual IP interface.
</p>
<h2>Configuring watchdog (pgpool.conf)</h2>
<p>
	watchdog configuration parameters is described in pgpool.conf.
	There is sample configuration in WATCHDOG section in pgpool.conf.sample file.
	All following options are required to be specified in watchdog process.
</p>

<h3>Basic configuration</h3>
<dl>

<dt><a name="USE_WATCHDOG"></a>use_watchdog