diff --git a/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/staging-hosts.cfg.j2 b/roles/nagios_server/templates/nagios/hosts/staging-hosts.cfg.j2
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+{% for host in groups['all'] %}
+{% if hostvars[host].datacenter == 'staging' %}
+define host {
+   use                     defaulttemplate
+  host_name               {{ host }}
+{% if hostvars[host].ansible_hostname is defined %}
+   alias                   {{ hostvars[host].ansible_hostname }}
+{% else %}
+   alias                   {{ host }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if hostvars[host].eth0_ip is defined %}
+   address                 {{ hostvars[host].eth0_ip }}
+{% elif hostvars[host].ansible_default_ipv4 is defined %}
+{% if hostvars[host].ansible_default_ipv4.address is defined %}
+   address                 {{ hostvars[host].ansible_default_ipv4.address }}
+{% endif %}
+{% else %}
+   address                 {{ host }}
+{% endif %}
+{% if hostvars[host]['vmhost'] is defined %}
+   parents                 {{ hostvars[host]['vmhost'] }}
+{% elif hostvars[host].datacenter is defined %}
+   parents                 phx2-gw
+{% endif %}
+}
+{% endif %}
+{% endfor %}