Import check_mk_agent from ports
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For a monitoring system to receive more information from an endpoint
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other than that it is simply accessible, help is required from the
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target system. For example - how else can Checkmk know how full a
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server's storage volume is without that system somehow providing the
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information? The component that provides this information is always an
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active piece of software - namely a monitoring agent, usually just
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referred to as an agent. An agent collects data relevant to monitoring
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from a host at specified intervals and transmits that data to the
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monitoring server.
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For servers and workstations, Checkmk provides its own agents, these
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are known as Checkmk agents. Checkmk agents are available for a wide
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variety of operating systems - from the commonplace such as Windows and
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Linux to exotics such as OpenVMS. The agents are passive and listen on
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TCP port 6556. Only on receiving a Checkmk server query will these
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agents be activated and respond with the required data.
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