Werk #7958: ps: Allow to filter discovery by cgroup (Linux only)

Component Checks & agents
Title ps: Allow to filter discovery by cgroup (Linux only)
Date Jul 29, 2019
Checkmk Edition Checkmk Raw (CRE)
Checkmk Version 1.6.0b5 2.0.0i1
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed

The checkmk agent for Linux hosts now also sends the cgroup information proveded by the ps command. This allows users to filter processes by their control group during discovery.

For instance you can use this to exclude processes running in Docker containers.

See the help of the discovery rule "Discover Processes" for details.

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