Checkmk Announce May 2023

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new stable release 2.2.0p1 of Checkmk is ready for download. This maintenance release ships with 18 changes affecting all editions of Checkmk, 4 changes for the Enterprise editions, 2 Cloud Edition specific and 0 Managed Services Edition specific changes. Support periods can be found here: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cmk_versions.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Agent bakery: * 15753 FIX: agent_azure: Make resource group filter case-insensitive... Checks & agents: * 15850 Agent plugin for monitoring Mailman 3 mailing lists... * 15852 FIX: AWS S3 request metrics monitoring: Clarify prequisites... * 15617 FIX: KUBE: Improve Validation of URLs... * 15618 FIX: KUBE: Trim Trailing Slash in Configured URLs... * 15858 FIX: cifsmounts: Properly deal with spaces in CIFS mounts Core & setup: * 15687 SEC: Update openssl to 1.1.1t... Dynamic host configuration: * 15616 FIX: Add Proper Error Message if DCD is Stopped on Remote Site Ntopng integration: * 15685 FIX: ntopng: integration with checkmk... REST API: * 15682 FIX: REST-API: several endpoints returned "Host not found"... * 15684 FIX: password: empty strings should not be allowed as passwords... * 15679 FIX: host_config: moving a host to a different folder only permitted if user has permission... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Setup: * 15192 Handling overly long usernames... * 14181 FIX: Improved speed of cmk-update-config which runs during software update Site management: * 15853 FIX: <tt>omd update</tt> reports <tt>etc/omd/allocated_ports</tt> as unwanted... * 15268 FIX: Incorrect edition provided by livestatus after update using Nagios core... * 15564 FIX: Update monitoring plugins to 2.3.3 User interface: * 14202 FIX: Network topology: Minor usability fixes when selecting root nodes Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: Metrics system: * 15851 FIX: Combined graphs from views: Take view context into account... * 15854 FIX: Fix metric scaling issues in views and dashboards... Ntopng integration: * 15681 FIX: Ntop: Top talkers throughput stats incorrectly calculated... Setup, site management: * 15826 FIX: Distributed monitoring respects InfluxDB site restriction rule Changes in the Checkmk Cloud Edition: Checks & agents: * 15752 FIX: azure_virtual_network_gateways: Fix crash in parsing Azure VNet gateway section... Setup: * 15267 FIX: License verification: Incorrect error message when saving licensing credentials... Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: NO CHANGES You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.2.0p1 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback-2.2-beta(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 27, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

11 months, 3 weeks

New Checkmk stable release 2.2.0

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new stable release 2.2.0 of Checkmk is ready for download. We are proud to bring you the new Checkmk 2.2.0 release, with major improvements to future-proof your IT monitoring. Take a look at our latest version page to learn more about Checkmk 2.2.0: https://checkmk.com/product/latest-version Checkmk 2.2.0 will also come with a new edition and changes to the existing editions: * Checkmk Cloud Edition - A new edition focused on cloud and hybrid setups with additional checks for the cloud and a push agent * Checkmk Free Edition - This edition is merged into the Checkmk Cloud Edition, which includes a free tier for up to 750 services. If you have been using the Checkmk Free Edition, please upgrade to the Checkmk Cloud Edition. * Checkmk Enterprise/Cloud Edition Trial - The trial is now included in the Checkmk Cloud Edition. For the first 30 days you can test all features of this edition. Before updating, we recommend reading the 2.2.0 update guide: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/update_major.html Additionally, we wanted to let you know that we have added articles dedicated to the new major features to our user manual. Here you can find some articles that are relevant for new features of 2.2.0: * Checkmk Cloud Edition: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cce.html * Auto-registration: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/hosts_autoregister.html * Agent push mode: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/wato_monitoringagents.html * Authentication with SAML: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/saml.html * Google Cloud Monitoring: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/monitoring_gcp.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Checks & agents: * 15848 FIX: <tt>mk_oracle</tt>: Fix asynchronous execution on <tt>systemd</tt> systems and direct call from the command line... * 15849 FIX: Filesystem checks: Avoid crash if device reports negative free space... * 15614 FIX: omd_diskusage: Do not Report Usage Upon Missing Permission... HW/SW inventory: * 15396 FIX: HW/SW Inventory: Do not filter tree before delta tree computation... REST API: * 15825 FIX: 'effective_attributes' now uses the same format as 'attributes' in 'show host' and 'show all hosts' endpoints... Site management: * 15563 FIX: Add missing perl-lib to almalinux9 * 15561 FIX: Use system mod_auth_mellon under RHEL 9... User interface: * 15076 FIX: Shorten inventory filter titles Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: NO CHANGES Changes in the Checkmk Cloud Edition: NO CHANGES Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: NO CHANGES You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.2.0 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback-2.2-beta(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 27, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

12 months

Move of mailinglists to lists.checkmk.com

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Dear Checkmk users, this mailinglist will now be migrated to a new server on lists.checkmk.com. Let's say farewell to the last mathias-kettner.de server. -- Alexander Wilms Head of IT Checkmk - The IT monitoring platform | checkmk.com <https://www.checkmk.com> alex.wilms(a)checkmk.com | Phone: +49 89 9982097 0 Subscribe to our newsletter <https://go.checkmk.com/newsletter>! | Melden Sie sich bei unserem Newsletter <https://go.checkmk.com/de/newsletter> an! Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 27, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner

1 year

New Checkmk beta release 2.2.0b8

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new beta release 2.2.0b8 of Checkmk is ready for download. This test release ships with 31 changes affecting all editions of Checkmk, 2 changes for the Enterprise editions, 0 Cloud Edition specific and 0 Managed Services Edition specific changes. Support periods can be found here: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cmk_versions.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Agent bakery: * 15475 FIX: agent_vsphere: Fix the IPv6 address format * 15749 FIX: apache_status: Add "httpd-worker" to the list of processes to detect... Checks & agents: * 15535 IPMI sensors: Do not discover single absent sensors... * 15536 IPMI sensors: consider sensor state as reported by freeipmi... * 15612 omd_diskusage: Monitor more Locations * 15735 FIX: <tt>check_traceroute</tt>: Fix checking of routers specified by domain name... * 15736 FIX: <tt>check_traceroute</tt>: Report correct number of hops... * 15737 FIX: <tt>docker_node_info</tt>: Fix sporadic UNKN if host is monitored by multiple sites... * 15739 FIX: <tt>fortisandbox_disk_usage</tt>: Fix <tt>KeyError: 'disk_used'</tt>... * 15738 FIX: <tt>ucs_c_rack_server_util_cpu</tt>: Take user-configured parameters into account... * 15266 FIX: Check plugin logwatch_ec: Improve detection of missing log files... * 15264 FIX: Check plugins logwatch, logwatch_ec: Notify about unreadable log file... * 14198 FIX: Cluster configuration: Fixed risk of missing services if a cluster resources switches between nodes * 14199 FIX: Rule evaluation: Fixed unnecessary reloading of host labels * 14955 FIX: Windows agent plugin hyperv_vms_guestinfos uses UTF-8 * 15472 FIX: check_mail_loop, check_mail: Fix argument parsing * 15748 FIX: heartbeat_crm_resources: Check promotable clone resources... * 15613 FIX: omd_diskusage: Avoid Errors if Site Name is 'log' or 'rrd'... * 15538 FIX: win_printers: Do not discover offline printers Configuration generation: * 14200 Improved performance for some automation and command line calls... * 15747 FIX: Fix macro replacement in special agents... HW/SW inventory: * 15395 FIX: cisco_meraki_org_device_info: Move inventory entries below hardware > system Livestatus: * 15256 FIX: Fixed handling of unknown time periods when using the Nagios core... REST API: * 15191 SEC: Livestatus command injection in RestAPI... * 13982 SEC: Reading host_config's will now honour contact groups... * 15746 FIX: 'mk_inventory' column can now be returned from 'host' endpoints... Setup: * 15492 FIX: Fix refresh of pending changes on bulk service discovery... Site management: * 15562 FIX: Drop unsupported distros... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! User interface: * 15846 New views for measuring IT utilization... * 15483 FIX: Fix missing metric history values on edit... * 15491 FIX: Fix possible crash on editing pagetypes... Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: Dynamic host configuration: * 15730 FIX: add proper error message when fetch remote call times out... Site management: * 15611 FIX: Migrate <tt>Locked by</tt> during site renamings... Changes in the Checkmk Cloud Edition: NO CHANGES Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: NO CHANGES You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.2.0b8 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback-2.2-beta(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 29, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

1 year

New Checkmk stable release 2.0.0p36

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new stable release 2.0.0p36 of Checkmk is ready for download. This maintenance release ships with 13 changes affecting all editions of Checkmk, 1 Enterprise Edition specific changes and 0 Managed Services Edition specific changes. Support periods can be found here: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cmk_versions.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Checks & agents: * 15535 IPMI sensors: Do not discover single absent sensors... * 15536 IPMI sensors: consider sensor state as reported by freeipmi... * 15735 FIX: <tt>check_traceroute</tt>: Fix checking of routers specified by domain name... * 15736 FIX: <tt>check_traceroute</tt>: Report correct number of hops * 15737 FIX: <tt>docker_node_info</tt>: Fix sporadic UNKN if host is monitored by multiple sites... * 15738 FIX: <tt>ucs_c_rack_server_util_cpu</tt>: Take user-configured parameters into account... * 15265 FIX: mssql_tablespaces: Do not create services for databases that are offline during discovery * 15538 FIX: win_printers: Do not discover offline printers Notifications: * 15686 FIX: Allow Links in HTML Emails... REST API: * 15191 SEC: Livestatus command injection in RestAPI... Setup: * 15669 FIX: ruleset pages crash due to bugs in single rulesets... Setup, site management: * 13753 FIX: Support Diagnostics: Collect dump only from local site... * 15672 FIX: logwatch pattern analyzer: clarify redefinition of states... Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: Reporting & availability: * 15189 SEC: Don't log automation user credentials when generating performance graph diagnostics... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: NO CHANGES You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.0.0p36 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 29, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

1 year

New Checkmk beta release 2.2.0b7

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new beta release 2.2.0b7 of Checkmk is ready for download. This test release ships with 32 changes affecting all editions of Checkmk, 3 changes for the Enterprise editions, 1 Cloud Edition specific and 1 Managed Services Edition specific changes. Support periods can be found here: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cmk_versions.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Agent bakery: * 15734 FIX: Unix agents: Fix asynchronous plugin execution via xinetd and ssh... * 15467 FIX: sap_hana: Enable clustering of active and passive nodes... * 15284 FIX: solaris: Add timeout to statgrab command... * 15283 FIX: solaris: Fix cleanup of temporary statgrab files BI: * 14197 FIX: BI sample configuration: fixed missing filesystems due to incorrectly used placeholder Checks & agents: * 15534 Discovery service details: include host labels * 15474 rds_licenses: Windows Server 2022 enabled in RDS Licenses check * 15190 FIX: Allow agent registration using an IP address as hostname... * 15546 FIX: Crash timesyncd NTPMessage... * 15732 FIX: ESX VM monitoring: Fix missing or stale `ESX Memory` service * 15609 FIX: KUBE: Limit collection time for <tt>Persistent Volume Claims & Persistent Volumes</tt>... * 15469 FIX: aws_elb: Fix crash in AWS/ELB Statistics... * 15471 FIX: check_bi_aggr: Fix downtime tracking... * 15394 FIX: cisco_meraki_org_licenses_overview: Fix discovery * 15470 FIX: sap_hana_instance_status: Fix crash during discovery... * 15468 FIX: aws_lambda, aws_sns: Rename Lambda and SNS services... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Dynamic host configuration: * 15608 FIX: Show explanation message instead of KeyError: 'extensions'... Event console: * 15473 FIX: ec: Fix crash in parsing syslog... Other components: * 15707 FIX: NagVis: Updated to 1.9.35 REST API: * 13985 FIX: 'debug' setting will no longer try to load a non existing JavaScript file... * 13983 FIX: 'list hosts' will now only show hosts a user can see... * 13984 FIX: When creating a folder, it is no longer necessary to specify a name... * 15726 FIX: service: make service description query parameter required for 'Show the monitored service of a host' endpoint... Setup: * 15607 FIX: Reduce occurences of Missing data... * 15485 FIX: Fix deletion of hosts in folder * 15484 FIX: Fix encoding of special characters in "Move to other folder" * 15728 FIX: mk_oracle: revert werk 15210... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Setup, site management: * 15673 Logfile pattern analyzer: improve rule overview... * 13753 FIX: Support Diagnostics: Collect dump only from local site... Site management: * 15610 FIX: Fix <tt>Error in LIVESTATUS_TCP_ONLY_FROM</tt> during <tt>omd config</tt>... * 15665 FIX: OMD configuration: Avoid duplicate port allocations... User interface: * 15490 FIX: Show exceeded query limit warning also on automatic page reload Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: Metrics system: * 15733 FIX: Single-metric dashlets and metric views: Fix scaling issues... Reporting & availability: * 15189 SEC: Don't log automation user credentials when generating performance graph diagnostics... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Setup, site management: * 15671 SAML: use RSA-SHA256 to sign authentication requests... Changes in the Checkmk Cloud Edition: User interface: * 15731 FIX: Agent controller auto-registration rules: Avoid error when updating remote sites with active configuration replication... Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: Setup: * 15488 FIX: Allow configuration of backups for remote sites... You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.2.0b7 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback-2.2-beta(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 29, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

1 year

New Checkmk stable release 2.1.0p27

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new stable release 2.1.0p27 of Checkmk is ready for download. This maintenance release ships with 33 changes affecting all editions of Checkmk, 7 Enterprise Edition specific changes and 0 Managed Services Edition specific changes. Support periods can be found here: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cmk_versions.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Agent bakery: * 15558 FIX: Drop ancient mk_oracle_dbuser.conf * 15465 FIX: agent_azure: Don't show an error if customer isn't privileged to see costs... * 15460 FIX: agent_azure: Fix an error when collecting metrics for Express Route vNet Gateway... * 15559 FIX: mk_oracle: Always use TNS_ALIAS when present... * 15284 FIX: solaris: Add timeout to statgrab command... * 15283 FIX: solaris: Fix cleanup of temporary statgrab files * 15463 FIX: mk_filestats: Make combination of file grouping and single file aggregation more usable... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Alert handlers: * 15479 FIX: Fix error message in alert.log complaining about missing contacts... Checks & agents: * 15604 check_mk_agent.linux: Extend support to old lsblk versions * 15190 FIX: Allow agent registration using an IP address as hostname * 13267 FIX: AttributeError: 'Namespace' object has no attribute 'fetch_client_id' in check_mail and check_mail_loop... * 15530 FIX: Discovery: Correctly update host labels of clusters and their nodes... * 14954 FIX: Windows tasks plugin ignores only tasks from the Microsoft folder... * 13266 FIX: Wrong password propagation for check_mail and check_mail_loop... * 15653 FIX: agent_datadog: fix paging and handling of empty log message... * 15603 FIX: brocade_fcport: Extend Physical States... * 14600 FIX: cpu_utilization_os: Allow displaying more than 100% in service graph * 15531 FIX: fortigate_sensors: Discover additional devices... * 15529 FIX: hyperv_vms: Transform failed during cmk-update-config... * 15265 FIX: mssql_tablespaces: Do not create services for databases that are offline during discovery * 15523 FIX: ps: HTML escaping for discouraged configuration... * 15696 FIX: Linux agent: timing problem with 5 minute check interval... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Notifications: * 15686 FIX: Allow Links in HTML Emails... * 15544 FIX: Webex notification template REST API: * 13981 SEC: Permission checks in REST-API service downtimes... * 14598 FIX: Bulk create Hosts: Update Redoc to reflect response... * 13980 FIX: Validation for 'move rule' endpoint has been tightened Setup: * 15669 FIX: ruleset pages crash due to bugs in single rulesets... Setup, site management: * 15659 FIX: Make `Remove TLS registration` work for hosts on remote sites * 15672 FIX: logwatch pattern analyzer: clarify redefinition of states... Site management: * 15665 FIX: OMD configuration: Avoid duplicate port allocations... User interface: * 15478 FIX: Fix possible error in availability * 15481 FIX: Fix timerange on export of graph collections as PDF Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: Agent bakery: * 15698 FIX: mk_filestats: Crash on baking with "Deploy without configuration"... Dynamic host configuration: * 15606 FIX: Show explanation message instead of crashing... Metrics system: * 15663 FIX: Single-metric dashlets: Fix crash when setting fixed data range in time units... Reporting & availability: * 15189 SEC: Don't log automation user credentials when generating performance graph diagnostics... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Setup: * 15697 FIX: Display error in "Effective rulesets" view. The Checkmk Micro Core: * 14195 Graphite metrics: Introduced rule to configure host metrics sent to Graphite User interface: * 14196 FIX: SLA: fixed exception when a host or service was not sla relevant for the query duration Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: NO CHANGES You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.1.0p27 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 29, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

1 year

New Checkmk beta release 2.2.0b6

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Dear friends of Checkmk, the new beta release 2.2.0b6 of Checkmk is ready for download. This test release ships with 16 changes affecting all editions of Checkmk, 2 changes for the Enterprise editions, 0 Cloud Edition specific and 0 Managed Services Edition specific changes. Support periods can be found here: https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/cmk_versions.html Changes in all Checkmk Editions: Checks & agents: * 15532 Extension packages: Disallow packages with no applicable Checkmk version * 15664 FIX: <tt>inv_cisco_vlans</tt>: Fix <tt>'list' object has no attribute 'id_'</tt>... * 15392 FIX: Cisco Meraki: Use device name instead of lan IP as the piggybacked host name * 15530 FIX: Discovery: Correctly update host labels of clusters and their nodes... * 15533 FIX: Extension packages: Packages missing on remote sites * 15390 FIX: cisco_meraki_org_device_status: Fix discovery of device status services * 15391 FIX: cisco_meraki_org_licenses_overview: Short service description... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! HW/SW inventory: * 15393 cisco_meraki_org_device_info: Add more information to HW/SW inventory... Metrics system: * 15662 FIX: Bug fixes for <tt>cmk.gui.plugins.metrics.utils.indexed_color</tt>... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! REST API: * 15678 FIX: schemas: regex pattern updates... * 15680 FIX: downtimes: duration field changed from seconds to minutes... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Setup: * 15482 FIX: Random automation secret is now copied to clipboard on creation... Setup, site management: * 15661 FIX: Automatic host removal: Remove agent TLS registration when deleting hosts in subfolders... * 15672 FIX: logwatch pattern analyzer: clarify redefinition of states... Site management: * 15706 FIX: Reduce permission questions during "omd update"... * 15560 FIX: Drop support for Debian-9... NOTE: Please refer to the migration notes! Changes in the Checkmk Enterprise Edition: Agent bakery: * 15698 FIX: mk_filestats: Crash on baking with "Deploy without configuration"... Metrics system: * 15663 FIX: Single-metric dashlets: Fix crash when setting fixed data range in time units... Changes in the Checkmk Cloud Edition: NO CHANGES Changes in the Checkmk Managed Services Edition: NO CHANGES You can download Checkmk from our download page: * https://checkmk.com/download.php The list of all changes can be found here: * https://checkmk.com/werks?product=cmk&version=2.2.0b6 Please mail bug reports and qualified feedback to feedback-2.2-beta(a)checkmk.com. We greatly thank you for using Checkmk and wish you a successful monitoring, Your Checkmk Team --- Checkmk GmbH Kellerstraße 29, 81667 München, Germany Amtsgericht München, HRB 165902 Geschäftsführer: Jan Justus, Mathias Kettner https://checkmk.com Phone: +49 89 9982 097 00

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