Check API v2: Check Manual For Custom Checkmk Based Check

[Dirk]

@Zille

The output in the GUI shows just one line, which is hard to read. I wonder how to make it readable. Do you have a hint for me?

It’s actually not YAML. Just the header looks like YAML.

You can force a line break with <br> and separate paragraphs with an empty line. That’s it.

Writing man pages for new extensions

I’m sorry to tell you but unfortunately there is no further documentation about manpages. The only thing you can do is look at the existing manpages and use them as templates. In the description section (below the header) you can force a line break with <br> and highlight text by enclosing it in {curly braces}. That text is either rendered bold (if displayed at the bottom of a service’s details) or monospaced (in the dedicated manpage view of a check). Besides that, no further formatting i…