diff --git a/attributes/default.rb b/attributes/default.rb
index b6cba829..fcf2b41b 100644
--- a/attributes/default.rb
+++ b/attributes/default.rb
@@ -212,6 +212,10 @@ when "ubuntu"
         "start" => "/usr/sbin/service nova-api-metadata start",
         "stop" => "/usr/sbin/service nova-api-metadata stop"
       },
+      "nova-consoleauth" => {
+        "start" => "/usr/sbin/service nova-consoleauth start",
+        "stop" => "/usr/sbin/service nova-consoleauth stop"
+      },
       "libvirt-bin" => {
         "start" => "/usr/sbin/service libvirt-bin start",
         "stop" => "/usr/sbin/service libvirt-bin stop"
diff --git a/recipes/vncproxy-monitoring.rb b/recipes/vncproxy-monitoring.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b03b215
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/vncproxy-monitoring.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#
+# Cookbook Name:: nova
+# Recipe:: consoleauth-monitoring
+#
+# Copyright 2009, Rackspace Hosting, Inc.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+########################################
+# BEGIN MONIT SECTION
+# TODO(shep): This needs to be encased in an if block for the monit_enabled environment toggle
+
+include_recipe "monit::server"
+platform_options = node["nova"]["platform"]
+
+monit_procmon "nova-consoleauth" do
+  process_name "nova-consoleauth"
+  start_cmd platform_options["monit_commands"]["nova-consoleauth"]["start"]
+  stop_cmd platform_options["monit_commands"]["nova-consoleauth"]["stop"]
+end
+########################################
diff --git a/recipes/vncproxy.rb b/recipes/vncproxy.rb
index b3c4c4b7..3787cd68 100644
--- a/recipes/vncproxy.rb
+++ b/recipes/vncproxy.rb
@@ -58,4 +58,8 @@ when "ubuntu","debian"
     action :enable
     subscribes :restart, resources(:template => "/etc/nova/nova.conf"), :delayed
   end
+
+  # TODO(shep): this needs to be if blocked on env collectd toggle
+  # Include recipe(nova::vncproxy-monitoring)
+  include_recipe "nova::vncproxy-monitoring"
 end