ID: 15658
Title: Agent auto-registration: Re-register if registration at monitoring site is
gone
Component: agents
Level: 1
Class: New feature
Version: 2.3.0b1
When starting, the agent controller checks if the <a
href="https://docs.checkmk.com/master/en/hosts_autoregister.html"…
(introduced in <a
href="https://checkmk.com/werk/15243">werk
15243</a>) is configured. If this is
the case, the controller proceeds to register at the configured site, but only if it is
not already
registered there according to its local configuration.
As of this werk, if the connection to the configured site is found in the local
configuration, we
additionally check if the configured site also reports that the host is registered. If
this is not
the case, we proceed with the registration in order to re-establish the connection.
This feature is relevant in scenarios where hosts are temporarily shut down and removed
from the
monitoring site. Once these hosts re-boot, they will re-register st. they are monitored
again.