Is there a way to force the checkmk server to update the agents outside the configured interval without login in to each monitored server?
Thing is, if I don’t change the config, I don’t need constant checks for new configs but if I change the config, any configured interval is too long.
No. There is no way to send any command to the agent from the Checkmk server.
Even reducing the agent update interval to 1 min should not have any significant effect on performance.
Unfortunately, the bakery only offers very rudimentary control over who, what, when and where to update and is therefore, in my personal opinion, not yet sufficiently ‘enterprise-ready’. However, it is sufficient for distributing and keeping the agent up2date.
Ok, so how does the agent updating work, does the agent contact the server? So I have to open the firewall in both directions which negates some of the advantages of the pull model?
@LaSoe yeah, I also find it incredibly irritating to have to register the agent twice to the server, once for tls.
so how does the agent updating work
You can find information about the basic functionality and configuration here:
It may be possible to create a script that connects to the host and manually starts the Agent Updater. Checkmk itself does not provide a built-in feature for on-demand updates or push functions. However, I see the bigger challenge in determining when to create a new package for which server, rather than in the update process itself.
I also find it incredibly irritating to have to register the agent twice
There are some improvements planned for the registration process in version 2.5.
Thank you, appreciated!
It is mildly annoying that I have to open up the firewall to the checkmk instance.
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