[Check_mk (english)] Check_MK vs. OMD

Folks – I’ve seen this come up before but I don’t see a complete answer anywhere.

What is the ideal architecture going forward? Is it a stand-alone Check_MK installation, or OMD? I’ve noticed that the RPMs and setups install to OMD paths by default.
I had to search around a bit to figure out how to install the Check_MK agent on its own, and it was sufficiently buried within the tar file.

I have an old RedHat 5.5 host with Check_MK and Nagios installed independently. This works great and has tons of data history but is very old. I’d like to upgrade
to a newer RedHat version but it’s not clear to me what I should be doing with my monitoring – should I be moving to OMD? Can I take all of my existing configuration (main.mk, etc.) and move it into OMD somehow? Is there a migration path?

Thanks,

  • Asher

If you don’t want the bleeding edge version of check_mk, i would
say go with OMD.

The rpms make it super easy to install and upgrade check_mk.

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�s 16:50 de 06-04-2017, Asher Danburg
escreveu:

        Folks

� I�ve seen this come up before but I don�t see a complete
answer anywhere.

        What

is the ideal architecture going forward? Is it a stand-alone
Check_MK installation, or OMD? I�ve noticed that the RPMs
and setups install to OMD paths by default. I had to search
around a bit to figure out how to install the Check_MK agent
on its own, and it was sufficiently buried within the tar
file.

        I

have an old RedHat 5.5 host with Check_MK and Nagios
installed independently. This works great and has tons of
data history but is very old. I�d like to upgrade to a newer
RedHat version but it�s not clear to me what I should be
doing with my monitoring � should I be moving to OMD? Can I
take all of my existing configuration (main.mk, etc.) and
move it into OMD somehow? Is there a migration path?

Thanks,

        -

Asher

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Hi Asher,

like Bruno said, today i would not recommend to install Check_MK standalone.

If you use OMD, it is possible to select from different flavors.

Check_MK Raw Edition - OMD with very actual Check_MK / PNP / Nagvis

OMD vanilla

OMD Labs Edition from Consols - OMD with extra components like Grafana and Prometheus and alternate monitoring cores

As you see there are many possibilities to build the system like you need it.

Best regards

Andreas

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Asher Danburg adanburg@grahamcapital.com schrieb am Do., 6. Apr. 2017 um 17:51 Uhr:

Folks – I’ve seen this come up before but I don’t see a complete answer anywhere.

What is the ideal architecture going forward? Is it a stand-alone Check_MK installation, or OMD? I’ve noticed that the RPMs and setups install to OMD paths by default.
I had to search around a bit to figure out how to install the Check_MK agent on its own, and it was sufficiently buried within the tar file.

I have an old RedHat 5.5 host with Check_MK and Nagios installed independently. This works great and has tons of data history but is very old. I’d like to upgrade
to a newer RedHat version but it’s not clear to me what I should be doing with my monitoring – should I be moving to OMD? Can I take all of my existing configuration (main.mk, etc.) and move it into OMD somehow? Is there a migration path?

Thanks,

  • Asher

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Yes and even if; I'm working with OMD AND are installing RPMs from Check_MKs site to keep it fresh. Just download the RPM from their site, install ist locally (with yum I'd say) and do an "omd update" for the site(s)...that's it...

Regards, Maik

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Am 06.04.2017 um 22:31 schrieb Bruno Miguel Queiros:

If you don't want the bleeding edge version of check_mk, i would say go with OMD.

The rpms make it super easy to install and upgrade check_mk.

Às 16:50 de 06-04-2017, Asher Danburg escreveu:

Folks – I’ve seen this come up before but I don’t see a complete answer anywhere.

What is the ideal architecture going forward? Is it a stand-alone Check_MK installation, or OMD? I’ve noticed that the RPMs and setups install to OMD paths by default. I had to search around a bit to figure out how to install the Check_MK agent on its own, and it was sufficiently buried within the tar file.

I have an old RedHat 5.5 host with Check_MK and Nagios installed independently. This works great and has tons of data history but is very old. I’d like to upgrade to a newer RedHat version but it’s not clear to me what I should be doing with my monitoring – should I be moving to OMD? Can I take all of my existing configuration (main.mk, etc.) and move it into OMD somehow? Is there a migration path?

Thanks,

- Asher

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I had installed OMD Labs edition with prometheus. (with Icinga as core). I thought the metrics from check_mk+icinga would be available in prometheus, but it is not happening. Is there anything special I need to be doing ?

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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Andreas Döhler andreas.doehler@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Asher,

like Bruno said, today i would not recommend to install Check_MK standalone.

If you use OMD, it is possible to select from different flavors.

Check_MK Raw Edition - OMD with very actual Check_MK / PNP / Nagvis

OMD vanilla

OMD Labs Edition from Consols - OMD with extra components like Grafana and Prometheus and alternate monitoring cores

As you see there are many possibilities to build the system like you need it.

Best regards

Andreas

Asher Danburg adanburg@grahamcapital.com schrieb am Do., 6. Apr. 2017 um 17:51 Uhr:

Folks – I’ve seen this come up before but I don’t see a complete answer anywhere.

What is the ideal architecture going forward? Is it a stand-alone Check_MK installation, or OMD? I’ve noticed that the RPMs and setups install to OMD paths by default.
I had to search around a bit to figure out how to install the Check_MK agent on its own, and it was sufficiently buried within the tar file.

I have an old RedHat 5.5 host with Check_MK and Nagios installed independently. This works great and has tons of data history but is very old. I’d like to upgrade
to a newer RedHat version but it’s not clear to me what I should be doing with my monitoring – should I be moving to OMD? Can I take all of my existing configuration (main.mk, etc.) and move it into OMD somehow? Is there a migration path?

Thanks,

  • Asher

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Hi Ram,

i think this question is better inside OMD mailing list :slight_smile:

Why should normal monitoring metrics available inside prometheus?

Other way that prometheus is only a datasource for monitoring makes more sense.

Best regards

Andreas

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On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Andreas Döhler andreas.doehler@gmail.com wrote:

Hi Asher,

like Bruno said, today i would not recommend to install Check_MK standalone.

If you use OMD, it is possible to select from different flavors.

Check_MK Raw Edition - OMD with very actual Check_MK / PNP / Nagvis

OMD vanilla

OMD Labs Edition from Consols - OMD with extra components like Grafana and Prometheus and alternate monitoring cores

As you see there are many possibilities to build the system like you need it.

Best regards

Andreas

Asher Danburg adanburg@grahamcapital.com schrieb am Do., 6. Apr. 2017 um 17:51 Uhr:

Folks – I’ve seen this come up before but I don’t see a complete answer anywhere.

What is the ideal architecture going forward? Is it a stand-alone Check_MK installation, or OMD? I’ve noticed that the RPMs and setups install to OMD paths by default.
I had to search around a bit to figure out how to install the Check_MK agent on its own, and it was sufficiently buried within the tar file.

I have an old RedHat 5.5 host with Check_MK and Nagios installed independently. This works great and has tons of data history but is very old. I’d like to upgrade
to a newer RedHat version but it’s not clear to me what I should be doing with my monitoring – should I be moving to OMD? Can I take all of my existing configuration (main.mk, etc.) and move it into OMD somehow? Is there a migration path?

Thanks,

  • Asher

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