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