diff --git a/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/__init__.py b/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/__init__.py
index 505fcc37d..3a22886c1 100644
--- a/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -31,4 +31,8 @@ OPTS = [
                help='Nagios url for querying the data. Example: '
                ' http://<ip>/monitoring/nagios/cgi-bin/status.cgi'
                ),
+    cfg.StrOpt('nagios_config_file',
+               default='/etc/vitrage/nagios_conf.yaml',
+               help='Nagios configuration file'
+               ),
 ]
diff --git a/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/nagios/config.py b/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/nagios/config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c203f9a01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage/synchronizer/plugins/nagios/config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 2016 - Nokia
+#
+# 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.
+from vitrage.common import file_utils
+
+
+class NagiosConfig(object):
+
+    NAGIOS = 'nagios'
+    NAGIOS_HOST = 'nagios_host'
+    HOST = 'host'
+    TYPE = 'type'
+    NAME = 'name'
+
+    def __init__(self, conf):
+        self.rules = []
+
+        nagios_config = file_utils.load_yaml_file(
+            conf.synchronizer_plugins.nagios_config_file)
+
+        for config in nagios_config[self.NAGIOS]:
+            self.rules.append(NagiosHostMapping(config[self.NAGIOS_HOST],
+                                                config[self.TYPE],
+                                                config[self.NAME]))
+
+
+class NagiosHostMapping(object):
+    def __init__(self, nagios_host, type, name):
+        self.nagios_host = nagios_host
+        self.type = type
+        self.name = name
+
+    def applies(self, service):
+        """Check if the rule applies to this service
+
+        :param service:
+        :return: true/false
+        """
+
+        # TODO(iafek) implement it
+        pass
diff --git a/vitrage/tests/resources/nagios/nagios_conf.yaml b/vitrage/tests/resources/nagios/nagios_conf.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..90510dd3a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage/tests/resources/nagios/nagios_conf.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+nagios:
+  - nagios_host: compute-1
+    type: nova.host
+    name: compute-1
+
+  - nagios_host: compute-2
+    type: nova.host
+    name: host2
+
+  - nagios_host: compute-(.*)
+    type: nova.host
+    name: ${nagios_host}
+
+  - nagios_host: instance-(.*)
+    type: nova.instance
+    name: ${nagios_host}
diff --git a/vitrage/tests/unit/synchronizer/nagios/test_nagios_config.py b/vitrage/tests/unit/synchronizer/nagios/test_nagios_config.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d6c6e4f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vitrage/tests/unit/synchronizer/nagios/test_nagios_config.py
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# Copyright 2016 - Nokia
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may
+# not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain
+# a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+from oslo_config import cfg
+from oslo_log import log as logging
+
+from vitrage.synchronizer.plugins.nagios.config import NagiosConfig
+from vitrage.synchronizer.plugins.nagios.config import NagiosHostMapping
+from vitrage.tests import base
+from vitrage.tests.mocks import utils
+
+LOG = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+
+
+class TestNagiosConfig(base.BaseTest):
+
+    OPTS = [
+        cfg.StrOpt('nagios_config_file',
+                   default=utils.get_resources_dir() +
+                   '/nagios/nagios_conf.yaml',
+                   help='Nagios configuation file'
+                   ),
+    ]
+
+    # the rules match the ones in nagios_conf.yaml
+    RULE_1 = NagiosHostMapping('compute-1', 'nova.host', 'compute-1')
+    RULE_2 = NagiosHostMapping('compute-2', 'nova.host', 'host2')
+    RULE_3 = NagiosHostMapping('compute-(.*)', 'nova.host', '${nagios_host}')
+    RULE_4 = NagiosHostMapping('instance-(.*)',
+                               'nova.instance',
+                               '${nagios_host}')
+    RULES = [RULE_1, RULE_2, RULE_3, RULE_4]
+
+    NON_EXISTING_RULE_1 = NagiosHostMapping('X', 'nova.host', 'compute-1')
+    NON_EXISTING_RULE_2 = NagiosHostMapping('compute-1', 'X', 'compute-1')
+    NON_EXISTING_RULE_3 = NagiosHostMapping('compute-1', 'nova.host', 'X')
+    NON_EXISTING_RULES = [NON_EXISTING_RULE_1,
+                          NON_EXISTING_RULE_2,
+                          NON_EXISTING_RULE_3]
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(cls):
+        cls.conf = cfg.ConfigOpts()
+        cls.conf.register_opts(cls.OPTS, group='synchronizer_plugins')
+
+    def test_nagios_configuration_loading(self):
+        # Action
+        nagios_conf = NagiosConfig(self.conf)
+
+        # Test assertions
+        rules = nagios_conf.rules
+        self.assertIsNotNone(nagios_conf, "no nagios configuration loaded")
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.RULES), len(rules))
+
+        for expected_rule in self.RULES:
+            self.assertTrue(TestNagiosConfig._check_contains(expected_rule,
+                                                             rules))
+        for expected_rule in self.NON_EXISTING_RULES:
+            self.assertFalse(TestNagiosConfig._check_contains(expected_rule,
+                                                              rules))
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _check_contains(expected_rule, rules):
+        for rule in rules:
+            if TestNagiosConfig._assert_equals(expected_rule, rule):
+                return True
+        return False
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def _assert_equals(rule1, rule2):
+        return rule1.nagios_host == rule2.nagios_host and \
+            rule1.type == rule2.type and \
+            rule1.name == rule2.name