Alright after fiddling around way to long with this I feel like I lost at least a year of my life due to the frustration. After I wrote this post I had to tackle the same setup on Windows Server 2016 (or 2019 or whatever they call their excuse for an OS nowadays). That’s when it went sideways. I thought I had it figured out mostly on Windows Server 2012 but that basically went to hell.
So much for the ranting. On to constructive topics:
Does anyone have instructions on a working setup?
Mine were:
- Do not use agent auto update
- Install the appropriate MSI
- Copy the
citrix_farm.ps1plugin to the plugins folder - Run the agent service as a Citrix Administrator (or at least appropriate permissions)
- Add that user to the Windows group “Performance Monitoring Users” (or so)
- Give the user full access to
C:\ProgramData\checkmk(not so sure about this anymore) - Restart Windows service and discover services
Those went to hell with Windows Server 2016.
You can read my frustration, but eventually I just want a working Citrix monitoring and share the proper instructions with the community. If the tribe does that themselves that would be even better.