How To Install check-mk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. check-mk-doc is general purpose monitoring plugin for retrieving data (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is check-mk-doc

check-mk-doc is:

Check_mk adopts a new a approach for collecting data from operating systems and network components. It obsoletes NRPE, check_by_ssh, NSClient and check_snmp. It has many benefits, the most important of which are:

  • Significant reduction of CPU usage on the Nagios host.
  • Automatic inventory of items to be checked on hosts.

This package contains the check_mk documentation.

There are three methods to install check-mk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install check-mk-doc Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install check-mk-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install check-mk-doc

Install check-mk-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install check-mk-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install check-mk-doc

Install check-mk-doc Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install check-mk-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install check-mk-doc

How To Uninstall check-mk-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the check-mk-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove check-mk-doc

Uninstall check-mk-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall check-mk-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove check-mk-doc

Remove check-mk-doc Configurations and Data

To remove check-mk-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge check-mk-doc

Remove check-mk-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove check-mk-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge check-mk-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.