Checkmk werks level1 July 2022

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Checkmk Werk 14605: windows_updates: correctly evaluate ruleset

by Andreas Umbreit

ID: 14605 Title: windows_updates: correctly evaluate ruleset Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 2.2.0i1 The windows updates agent plugin got packaged to the Windows agent, even if the corresponding agent ruleset "Windows Updates" was set to "Do not deploy Windows Updates plugin".

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14290: Improve 'omd update' apache config handling

by Lars Michelsen

ID: 14290 Title: Improve 'omd update' apache config handling Component: Site Management Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 2.2.0i1 The intended update warning that should be shown in case the Apache hook was not up-to-date was not shown correctly in 2.1.0p9. And during update a update warning <tt>Unwanted etc/apache/apache-own.conf (unchanged, deleted by you)</tt> was shown which could lead to confusions. This warning has been removed.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14681: Fixed activation of event console log levels

by Sven Panne

ID: 14681 Title: Fixed activation of event console log levels Component: Event Console Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 2.2.0i1 Changing the log levels for the event console only didn't have an effect when it was triggered via the GUI, only when the EC was restarted. This has been fixed.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14656: service discovery: addition of wait for completion endpoint

by Wontek Hong

ID: 14656 Title: service discovery: addition of wait for completion endpoint Component: REST API Level: 1 Class: New feature Version: 2.2.0i1 This werk introduces the wait for completion endpoint for a service discovery run. The current redirect link in the "Execute a service discovery on a host" with mode "refresh" which previously linked to the service_discovery_run object will be replaced by this newly introduced endpoint.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14261: Manual enablement of login using HTTP GET to avoid unintentional leakage of user credentials in Apache's access logs

by Alei Salem

ID: 14261 Title: Manual enablement of login using HTTP GET to avoid unintentional leakage of user credentials in Apache's access logs Component: Setup Level: 1 Class: Security fix Version: 2.2.0i1 Using <tt>GET</tt> requests to <tt>login.py</tt> means that the credentials supplied in the query parameters will appear in the site's Apache logs. To avoid unintentional leakage of such credentials, we by default block login attempts via the <tt>GET</tt> method. If you used the <tt>GET</tt> method to, for example, export the data of views and dashboards in formats such as <tt>JSON</tt>, you can make use of the <tt>automation</tt> user as described in <a href="https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/wato_user.html#automation">documentation</a> article. For example, to display the view allhosts in <tt>JSON</tt> format, you can issue requests like this one <tt>curl -X GET 'http://localhost/heute/check_mk/view.py?_username=automation&_secret=[autom…'</tt>. However, if you still need to use the <tt>GET</tt> method to login to WATO, you can manually enable this method as follows: In the WATO interface, go to Setup > Global Settings > User interface, and switch on the Enable login via GET requests property.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14639: megaraid_ldisks: Missing variable expansion in item

by External contributor

ID: 14639 Title: megaraid_ldisks: Missing variable expansion in item Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 2.2.0i1 Every linux server with MegaRAID controller reported only one service for logical disks, independent of the actual number of configured logical disks, named "RAID Adapter/LDisk /c{adapter}/v{disk}" (sic, without replacement of the variables). Please rediscover the services.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14638: Agent vSphere: Configuration of expected name in SSL certificate

by Moritz Kiemer

ID: 14638 Title: Agent vSphere: Configuration of expected name in SSL certificate Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 2.2.0i1 The configuration of the expected name in the servers SSL certificate now works as intended.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14451: mk_logwatch: lost log messages

by Moritz Kiemer

ID: 14451 Title: mk_logwatch: lost log messages Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: Bug fix Version: 2.2.0i1 This werk fixes the occasional loss of messages reported by the agent plugin mk_logwatch. Sometimes messages could be "stolen" by (for instance) a manual execution of <tt>cmk -d MyHost</tt>. Previously: Every time the logwatch plugin was executed, it gathered all relevant log messages that have accumulated since its last execution. Those messages where then reported as agent output during this execution of the plugin, and never again. The problem: Log messages are only dealt with by the checking engine of Checkmk. If the plugin is executed in a different context (such as the HW/SW inventory or service discovery) the reported log messages are lost. To mitigate this problem, the default caching parameters of a site are carefully calibrated so that this should rarely only occur. However a manual execution of <tt>cmk -d MyHost</tt> for instance can always result in data loss. From now on: Every time the plugin is executed, as previously the plugin gathers all relevant messages since its last execution. It now puts these messages in a bundle and stores it on disk. Then all bundles that have been created within a configurable period, the retention period, are output and sent to the monitoring site. The monitoring site will keep track of the bundles, and only process the ones it has not seen before. You can configure the retention period using the ruleset Text logfiles (Linux, Solaris, Windows). The retention period should be - at least - as long as the check interval of the host, to decrease the risk of data loss drastically. A value that is much smaller than the hosts check intervall, will not automatically lead to data loss, tough. It will just not help preventing it. Note that putting the N-fold of the hosts check intervall will result in every bundle of messages being fetched N times (during regular operation). As a result the amount of transmitted data increases, obviously. Also those bundles are stored on disk on the monitored host, taking up as much space as the transmitted data. Those are the two ressources that are being traded for a reduced risk of data loss.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14489: UI: Open PDFs in new tab

by Kenneth Okoh

ID: 14489 Title: UI: Open PDFs in new tab Component: Multisite Level: 1 Class: New feature Version: 2.2.0i1 Reports and other PDFs used to be opened within the current page. Now, PDFs are opened in a new tab.

2 years, 1 month

Checkmk Werk 14500: lnx_if_sys_class_net: new agent and section plugin for network interfaces

by Lisa Pichler

ID: 14500 Title: lnx_if_sys_class_net: new agent and section plugin for network interfaces Component: Checks & agents Level: 1 Class: New feature Version: 2.2.0i1 We have added a new agent plugin and corresponding section plugin to monitor network interfaces. These plugins provide essentially the same information as the section <tt>lnx_if</tt>, which is a Checkmk agent section, and are an alternative: if both sections are provided, only <tt>lnx_if_sys_class_net</tt> is considered. Note that this agent plugin is not supported by the agent bakery.

2 years, 1 month

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