diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ArchitectureMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ArchitectureMonitor.java
index 44af3340e434..d2c60a2544d0 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ArchitectureMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ArchitectureMonitor.java
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 import jenkins.security.MasterToSlaveCallable;
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 
 /**
@@ -40,6 +41,11 @@
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 public class ArchitectureMonitor extends NodeMonitor {
+
+    @DataBoundConstructor
+    public ArchitectureMonitor() {
+    }
+
     @Extension @Symbol("architecture")
     public static final class DescriptorImpl extends AbstractAsyncNodeMonitorDescriptor<String> {
         @Override
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ClockMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ClockMonitor.java
index 533de56a7ddd..b958df61d776 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ClockMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ClockMonitor.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.Restricted;
 import org.kohsuke.accmod.restrictions.NoExternalUse;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 
 /**
@@ -46,6 +47,11 @@
  * @since 1.123
  */
 public class ClockMonitor extends NodeMonitor {
+
+    @DataBoundConstructor
+    public ClockMonitor() {
+    }
+
     public ClockDifference getDifferenceFor(Computer c) {
         return DESCRIPTOR.get(c);
     }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/DiskSpaceMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/DiskSpaceMonitor.java
index b3080d074925..b8f7902a728b 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/DiskSpaceMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/DiskSpaceMonitor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package hudson.node_monitors;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.FilePath;
 import hudson.model.Computer;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import jenkins.model.Jenkins;
+import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 
 /**
@@ -61,7 +63,17 @@ public String getColumnCaption() {
         return Jenkins.get().hasPermission(Jenkins.ADMINISTER) ? super.getColumnCaption() : null;
     }
 
-    public static final DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor DESCRIPTOR = new DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor() {
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "MS_PKGPROTECT", justification = "for backward compatibility")
+    public static /*almost final*/ DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor DESCRIPTOR;
+
+    @Extension @Symbol("diskSpace")
+    public static class DescriptorImpl extends DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor {
+
+        @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "ST_WRITE_TO_STATIC_FROM_INSTANCE_METHOD", justification = "for backward compatibility")
+        public DescriptorImpl() {
+            DESCRIPTOR = this;
+        }
+
         @NonNull
         @Override
         public String getDisplayName() {
@@ -78,10 +90,5 @@ protected Callable<DiskSpace, IOException> createCallable(Computer c) {
 
             return p.asCallableWith(new GetUsableSpace());
         }
-    };
-
-    @Extension
-    public static DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor install() {
-        return DESCRIPTOR;
     }
 }
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/NodeMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/NodeMonitor.java
index eb5a9459c33d..0fb737a7677a 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/NodeMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/NodeMonitor.java
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@
  * <p>
  * {@link NodeMonitor}s are persisted via XStream.
  *
+ * <h2>CasC</h2>
+ * To be able to configure {@link NodeMonitor}s via JCasC, they should have a {@link org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor}
+ *
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  * @since 1.123
  */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ResponseTimeMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ResponseTimeMonitor.java
index 1ffdcc1a54ee..5a7223039696 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ResponseTimeMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/ResponseTimeMonitor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package hudson.node_monitors;
 
 import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.NonNull;
+import edu.umd.cs.findbugs.annotations.SuppressFBWarnings;
 import hudson.Extension;
 import hudson.model.Computer;
 import hudson.remoting.Callable;
@@ -34,6 +35,8 @@
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
 import jenkins.security.MasterToSlaveCallable;
 import net.sf.json.JSONObject;
+import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
@@ -44,8 +47,22 @@
  * @author Kohsuke Kawaguchi
  */
 public class ResponseTimeMonitor extends NodeMonitor {
+
+    @DataBoundConstructor
+    public ResponseTimeMonitor() {
+    }
+
+    @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "MS_PKGPROTECT", justification = "for backward compatibility")
+    public static /*almost final*/ AbstractNodeMonitorDescriptor<Data> DESCRIPTOR;
+
     @Extension
-    public static final AbstractNodeMonitorDescriptor<Data> DESCRIPTOR = new AbstractAsyncNodeMonitorDescriptor<>() {
+    @Symbol("responseTime")
+    public static class DescriptorImpl extends AbstractAsyncNodeMonitorDescriptor<Data> {
+
+        @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "ST_WRITE_TO_STATIC_FROM_INSTANCE_METHOD", justification = "for backward compatibility")
+        public DescriptorImpl() {
+            DESCRIPTOR = this;
+        }
 
         @Override
         protected Callable<Data, IOException> createCallable(Computer c) {
@@ -91,7 +108,7 @@ public String getDisplayName() {
         public NodeMonitor newInstance(StaplerRequest req, JSONObject formData) throws FormException {
             return new ResponseTimeMonitor();
         }
-    };
+    }
 
     private static final class Step1 extends MasterToSlaveCallable<Data, IOException> {
         private Data cur;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/SwapSpaceMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/SwapSpaceMonitor.java
index 97965cc4afe9..09064ccb4a82 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/SwapSpaceMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/SwapSpaceMonitor.java
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 import org.jenkinsci.Symbol;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.MemoryMonitor;
 import org.jvnet.hudson.MemoryUsage;
+import org.kohsuke.stapler.DataBoundConstructor;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.StaplerRequest;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.Exported;
 import org.kohsuke.stapler.export.ExportedBean;
@@ -48,6 +49,11 @@
  * @since 1.233
  */
 public class SwapSpaceMonitor extends NodeMonitor {
+
+    @DataBoundConstructor
+    public SwapSpaceMonitor() {
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the HTML representation of the space.
      */
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/TemporarySpaceMonitor.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/TemporarySpaceMonitor.java
index 77f2d2cffbc3..d92341142a09 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/TemporarySpaceMonitor.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/node_monitors/TemporarySpaceMonitor.java
@@ -101,14 +101,6 @@ protected Callable<DiskSpace, IOException> createCallable(Computer c) {
         }
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated as of 2.0
-     */
-    @Deprecated
-    public static DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor install() {
-        return (DiskSpaceMonitorDescriptor) Jenkins.get().getDescriptor(TemporarySpaceMonitor.class);
-    }
-
     protected static final class GetTempSpace extends MasterToSlaveFileCallable<DiskSpace> {
         @Override
         public DiskSpace invoke(File f, VirtualChannel channel) throws IOException {