CheckMk Datasource in Grafana

[Himbo]

Hey guys,

I just can’t get any further and don’t know what else I can do. I am using Docker and have CheckMK Raw (2.1.0p22) and Grafana (9.4.3) as containers. I managed to get the Plug In 2.0.3 installed, but I get a problem when I add the datasource and enter the URL. I am sure that this is correct, but I still get undefined as a message. What is the reason for this?

*CMK version: * Raw Edition 2.1.0p22
OS version: Debian Bullseye

**Error message: * undfined *

Output of “cmk --debug -vvn hostname”: (If it is a problem with checks or plugins)

[Humaer]

Hi Himbo,

did you activate the Web API in your CheckMK instance?
And are you able to get a connection from your grafana container to your checkmk container on port 8080?

[Himbo]

Hi Humaer,

thanks in advance for the quick reply. Yes I have unchecked the “Disable Checkmk API” and also when I click on port 8080 I can access my CheckMK container.
This was not possible until recently. I use Portainer as Docker environment and had to enter a public IP under Environment to make it work.

[Humaer]

This seems to be now a docker troubleshooting thread
Are the 2 containers sharing the same network?
If you open for example the console of the checkmk container, can you ping your grafana?

[Himbo]

Yea it might be… I have both containers running in the same network. I opened the grafana logfile and the following is showing:

ERROR[03-03|08:29:51] Request Completed logger=context userId=2 orgId=1 uname=grafana method=POST path=/api/datasources/proxy/uid/XN5w_abVk/cmk/check_mk/webapi.py status=502 remote_addr=172.20.21.238 time_ms=23 duration=23.99011ms size=0 referer=http://172.20.0.199:3000/datasources/edit/XN5w_abVk handler=/api/datasources/proxy/uid/:uid/*

I assume it has something to do with the proxy settings…

In portainer CheckMk has the IP 172.17.0.2
Grafana has 172.17.0.3

If I open the CheckMk console in portainer I get a ping back for my grafana

[Humaer]

Quick question:
Have you tried 172.17.0.2 as your monitoring site url?

When I find the time I can write you a docker-compose file with both containers - if everything else fails

[Himbo]

I have already tried that as well.
By the way, I noticed that the error message for the proxy only appears when I apparently select a wrong URL. But if I copy the exact URL and paste it into Grafana, I get the message “undefined” in the logs, but there are no further details.

I would be very grateful if you would take the trouble to write me something. I am unfortunately a beginner and would not know how I could do it myself.

[Himbo]

Okay I found my mistake. My automation user had admin rights thats the reason for the “undefined” notification.

But now I get the following:

However, despite the message, I can select the Pluig In when I create a graph. Now I will test a little and see if it works

[BenediktSeidl]

@Himbo We have released version 3.0.0beta1 of this plugin. Can you check again with that version?
I don’t fully understand the circumstances that lead to the “undefined” error. Can you explain again so I can check this with the beta version of the plugin and make sure that a better error message is shown in that case?
Thanks!

[Himbo]

@BenediktSeidl since I had these issues with running it properly I’m just glad that it works now. But I can try to explain again.

When creating a new automated user in Checkmk, this user must have only normal rights and no admin rights, otherwise I get the undefined message.

After I have adjusted the rights, the undefined message has also disappeared. Instead I got the message that the version is not compatible. Despite the message I have the datasource in Grafana and can also create dashboards with it, but the created graphs/gauges etc. are not displayed correctly somehow

An example of this, for which I wanted to open an extra thread. The bars are completely off although the used Ram is at e.g. 50-70%.