19 Mar
2020
19 Mar
'20
6:11 p.m.
Branch: refs/heads/master
Home: https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk
Commit: 776f7171fa59af00f687d1f7c37ac02268c06964
https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk/commit/776f7171fa59af00f687d1f7c37ac0226…
Author: Sergey Kipnis <sergey.kipnis(a)tribe29.com>
Date: 2020-03-19 (Thu, 19 Mar 2020)
Changed paths:
A .werks/10689
Log Message:
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10689 Checkmk Python may be installed with Windows Agent
With this release Checkmk monitoring software has got a possibility
to install and to use Python-3 together with the Windows Agent.
It is now possible to develop agent plugins on Windows using Python.
It is now also possible to build real cross-platform plugins (like e.g.
mk_logwatch)
The Checkmk Python can be installed either automatically(the default),
if any of deployed plugins need it, or manually, if a user of the Checkmk
software needs Python-3 functionality on the host.
At the moment the Checkmk Python has version 3.8.1 and will be deployed
in the directory <tt>%ProgramData%\checkmk\agent\modules\python-3.8</tt>.
The Python will be updated in the future versions together with the agent.
We also ship a collection of useful Python modules, at the moment pyyaml
and colorama.
Also it is possible to install arbitrary Python modules using Checkmk
Python's pip.
By default the Checkmk Python will be used as interpreter for all
plugins with extension .py. It is possible to change this behavior
with WATO and .py scripts will be interpreted using Windows system
Python.
All plugins with extension .checkmk.py will be interpreted with Checkmk
Python if Checkmk Python is installed.
Important: Checkmk Python doesn't interfere with Windows Operation
System (registry, installer, paths, etc) and may be removed at any
moment. It means two important consequences:
1. The Windows Control Panel doesn't have a dedicated entry for Python.
It is installed as a component of the Checkmk Windows Agent.
2. Checkmk Python isn't added to the Windows PATH environment variable.
Change-Id: I6f67f3f2d7a8b18ef897c5f8ff13328d2c36116d