How To Install check-mk-config-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-config-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is check-mk-config-icinga
check-mk-config-icinga 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 icinga specific part of check_mk
There are three methods to install check-mk-config-icinga 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-config-icinga 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-config-icinga using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install check-mk-config-icinga
Install check-mk-config-icinga Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install check-mk-config-icinga using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install check-mk-config-icinga
Install check-mk-config-icinga 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-config-icinga using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install check-mk-config-icinga
How To Uninstall check-mk-config-icinga on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the check-mk-config-icinga package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove check-mk-config-icinga
Uninstall check-mk-config-icinga And Its Dependencies
To uninstall check-mk-config-icinga 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-config-icinga
Remove check-mk-config-icinga Configurations and Data
To remove check-mk-config-icinga configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge check-mk-config-icinga
Remove check-mk-config-icinga configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove check-mk-config-icinga configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge check-mk-config-icinga
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install check-mk-config-icinga package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
