Werk #5806: Periodic service discovery: Fixed scenario where process could get stuck

Component Checks & agents
Title Periodic service discovery: Fixed scenario where process could get stuck
Date May 8, 2018
Checkmk Edition Checkmk Raw (CRE)
Checkmk Version 1.5.0b7 1.6.0b1
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed

The process discovery (cmk --discover-marked-hosts) triggered by the cronjob had no timeout handling implemented. The python process could get stuck if the connection to the remote host was never closed. This could consume lots of memory over time, since the discovery process is triggered every 5 minutes.

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