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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def start(self):
 """ Start the monitoring thread of the plugin. """

        logging.info("TCP health monitor plugin: Starting to watch "
                     "instances.")

        self.monitor_thread = threading.Thread(target = self.start_monitoring,
                                               name   = self.thread_name)
        self.monitor_thread.daemon = True
        self.monitor_thread.start()