We are happy to announce the next major release of our Checkmk Grafana data source plugin! It underwent a major update, as the Web-API used by this plugin has been removed with Checkmk 2.2. We rewrote both the UI and the underlying code to improve usability and pave the way for future changes.
The pre-release version is already available here, and it is ready for you to test. Please let us know what you think! Bugs can be reported directly on GitHub, and more general questions are welcome here in the forum.
To update from the previous version, you will need to set the correct version of your Checkmk site in the data source settings (see Breaking Changes below).
Checkmk Grafana plugin is used to directly query data from your Checkmk site in Grafana. See chapter Integrating Checkmk in Grafana in the official documentation to learn more about how to use it.
Highlights
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Checkmk 2.2.0 Support
- The Plugin is able to fetch data from Checkmk 2.2.0 and current daily builds
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UI improvements: Clearer layout for both the RAW and CEE Query Editor
- RAW filters are now displayed vertically aligned
- The filter type of existing filters can no longer be changed, they have to be removed, and another filter can be added.
- Errors in the Query Editor Fields are more prominently featured in the inputs themselves
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Lines displayed in the Grafana graphs are now displayed in the same color as in Checkmk interface
Breaking Changes
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Wording
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“Template” Graphs are now called “Predefined Graphs”
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“Metric” Graphs are now called “Single Metric”
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Configuration
- A version range dropdown has been added to the data source Configuration
- This defaults to ‘>= 2.2’
- You have to adjust this manually if you are still using a Checkmk Version below 2.2.0
- A version range dropdown has been added to the data source Configuration