I’m writing some sample extensions and one of the guidelines is related to writing man pages with details about the check that is being executed. I was not able to find proper examples to follow and I need some assistance with that. My references: [image] Guidelines for coding check plug-i…

I’m sorry to tell you but unfortunately there is no further documentation about manpages. The only thing you can do is look at the existing manpages and use them as templates. In the description section (below the header) you can force a line break with <br> and highlight text by enclosing it in {…

Thanks for your reply and clarification around this topic. I was concerned that I was not looking at the correct location.

I was able to create the man page: [image] To anyone interested you can also use manual pages available in ~/lib/python3/cmk/plugins Enter in any folder and look for the folder checkman.

quite easier: [image] Small Helper Scripts for CLI Community Knowledge Scripte for automatic creation of checkman basic-pages according the check_name or inventory_name #!/bin/bash # ----------------------------------------- # Arguments: SITE + PLUGINNAME # …

Writing man pages for new extensions

Checkmk Dev&Exchange

BH2005 (Bernd Holzhauer) February 5, 2026, 11:49am 5

quite easier: