checkmk 2: Generate WATO configuration based on CMDB data#
i-doit provides detailed information about your IT infrastructure including all your hosts. Those hosts can be shared with Check_MK so you only have to document/configure your hosts once. To push these hosts to checkmk run:
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Keep in mind that objects must be marked within i-doit to be exported to Check_MK. Check category Check_MK Host first before executing this command.
Recommendation: Run this command every time you alter your CMDB data.
Options#
These options are available during runtime:
| Option | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| --include-ids IDs | No | Filter i-doit objects by identifier |
| --include-title TITLE | No | Filter i-doit objects by title |
| --include-type TYPE | No | Filter i-doit objects by type |
IDs means a comma-separated list of object identifiers.
TITLE means any object title including wildcards *, ? and [ae]. TITLE is case-insensitive. Repeat option to match more than one object title.
TYPE means the object type represented by its title, constant or identifier. Like TITLE wildcards are allowed and it is case-insensitive. Repeat option to match more than one object type.
Any combination of these filters are logically combined by or. For example, push all hosts with object IDs 1, 2 and 3 and all hosts that matches *.example.com in their titles:
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Configuration#
These configuration settings are available:
| Key | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| objectTypes.contactGroup | String | No | C__OBJTYPE__PERSON_GROUP | Contact groups are marked by this type (use constant!) |
| push.activateChanges | Boolean | No | false | Activate all changes except foreign changes |
| push.autoMatching | String | No | all | Disable autoTagging (none), just look for the first match (first) or try to match all expressions (all) |
| push.autoSite | Boolean | No | false | In a multi-site environment each host is monitored by one site. With value location site can be identifed automatically by the object location path. |
| push.autoTagging | Object | No | – | Add host tags dynamically based on object information that matches regular expressions; see section “Auto tagging” |
| push.bakeAgents | Boolean | No | false | Bake agents automatically; does not deploy agents |
| push.contactGroupIdentifier | String | No | title | Collect contact groups by their object titles (title) or by their LDAP DNs (ldap) |
| push.defaultWATOFolder | String | No | – | Push hosts to this folder if not set; empty value means main folder |
| push.discoverServices | Boolean | No | false | Look for services on new/altered hosts |
| roles.monitoring | String | No | Monitoring | i-doit role for contact groups used in contact assignments |