Automatic Agent Updater in distributed monitoring

[Uller]

As I mentioned in my other Topic I have installed a checkmk site on a linux centos8 system in azure. Now I’am trying to install the automatic update for the agents. On my Main site I was able to sucessfully register my checkmk server with cmk-update-agent register -v

When I try the same on my checkmk server in azure (the remote-site server) then I get an error:

From the Error I can see, that the remote-site want’s to register at the deployment server and that server is located on my main checkmk server.

So I have 2 questions:

1. Ist it possible / advisable to push agent updates over the internet to my azure vm’s? If yes I assume that I have to make an outbound rule for 443 for register?
2. Can I install a second deployment server on the remote-site checkmk server, so that the vm’s in azure do not have to connect over the internet to my main checkmk server? How can I do that?

[robin.gierse]

@Uller

Ist it possible / advisable to push agent updates over the internet to my azure vm’s? If yes I assume that I have to make an outbound rule for 443 for register?

There is no method for pushing agent updates and for a really good reason. Agent updates have to be pulled by the client always.

@Uller

Can I install a second deployment server on the remote-site checkmk server, so that the vm’s in azure do not have to connect over the internet to my main checkmk server? How can I do that?

Yes, that is possible. Refer to the documentation or request support from the tribe.

[mike1098 (Michael FRANK)]

Hello,

You also could proxy the agent update on your remote site.
That may help:
https://kb.checkmk.com/display/KB/Distributed+Agent+Bakery

regards

Michael