1 Title: Automatic Check_MK Agent updates for Linux
10 The Check_MK Agent Bakery now allows for automatically updating Check_MK
11 Agents via HTTP/HTTPS. This is realized by a new agent plugin called
12 <tt>cmk-update-agent</tt>, that is currently only available for Linux,
13 but a Windows version will follow soon. The steps for setting up the
16 1. Go to the new page for the Agent Deployment. You find a new button
17 for this in the Agent Bakery page.
19 2. Fullfil all of the prerequisites that are shown on that new pages.
20 This involves creating agents that contain the new plugin with a
21 valid configuration and enabling the deployment.
23 3. Install the new prepared agents on the target hosts of your choice.
25 4. Call <tt>cmk-update-agent register</tt> on these systems in order
26 to register the agents for updates.
28 5. Don't forget to enable the agent deployment's master switch!