- Monitor any type of server (web, mail, database servers etc.)
- Flexible server monitoring by using 1700+ smart checks
- Easy-to-use configuration, auto-discovery and network mapping
- Native agents for Windows, Linux and many more operating systems
- Agentless monitoring with SNMP and TCP/UDP (FTP, LDAP, IMAP etc.)
- API-based checks based on HTTP/XML, SSH or TELNET
- Measurement interval as short as 1 second
Some of the hardware vendors we support
An all-in-one server monitoring solution
Your organization uses multiple types of servers. It is therefore important to use an IT monitoring solution that can help you can get started with all your server monitoring at once.
Checkmk provides this flexibility through its large collection 1,700+ plug-ins. Here are a some examples of server types which can be monitored with Checkmk:
- Mail server monitoring — Make sure your mail servers function reliably by using one of our generic POP3, IMAP or SMTP checks. Get detailed information on your mail application with our plug-ins for MS Exchange, Postfix, qmail and more
- Web server monitoring — Ensure minimal downtime for your web servers by getting alerts from our active HTTP, FTP and SSL checks. Monitor performance metrics of your Apache and Nginx web servers
- Database server monitoring — Checkmk supports monitoring of all major databases: MySQL/MariaDB, Microsoft SQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, IBM DB2, IBM Informix, SAP HANA, Microsoft Azure SQL and Amazon Web Services RDS
- Application server monitoring — Checkmk helps monitor almost all Java applications servers (e.g. JBoss, Oracle WebLogic, Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere)
- FTP server monitoring — Track availability and response times of your FTP server and monitor CPU load, capacity, memory utilization, network latency, packet loss of your server.
Linux server monitoring
Get an accurate overview of your Linux servers' health and performance.
We support the following Linux OS: Debian, Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Fedora, CentOS,
openSUSE, SLES and other derivatives, as well as all other DEB-based distributions.
Benefits of Linux server monitoring with Checkmk:
- Minimalistic footprint (the agent requires little CPU, RAM and hard drive space)
- Full transparency (only a shell script is executed in which you can see all commands)
- Complete security (the agent permits no access from the network whatsoever)
Windows server monitoring
Monitor your Windows servers and get insights into
critical metrics such as CPU, memory, disk usage, services, processes,
network interfaces, filesystems and more. Quickly identify and resolve
any performance or availability issues.
Benefits of Windows
server monitoring with Checkmk:
- Integrated log management for Windows Event Log
- Easily integrate monitoring for MS Exchange, Active Directory, MS SQL and Skype
- Monitor the latest Windows OS and older versions (Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 etc.)
- Use a simple executable file with no DLL dependencies (no risk of malicious code injection as the agent doesn't read data from the network)
Virtual server monitoring
Monitor the health and availability of your virtualized server environment.
Checkmk supports the monitoring of all
major virtualization platforms, such as VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V
and associated virtual machines in real-time.
Virtual server
monitoring is already integrated in Checkmk, so that your virtual
machines can be monitored with almost no additional set-up.
Checkmk itself can also be run on a virtual server infrastructure
with the virtual appliance.
Centralized Asset Management
The Checkmk hardware & software inventory is built to automatically
discover and manage your hardware & software asset information on all
servers and workstations monitored.
Easily identify hosts with vulnerable and outdated software
versions and act and secure your IT. Checkmk also stores the
history of the inventory of a server and helps you track changes in
your environment, e.g. a BIOS update, RAM upgrade.
Integrate Checkmk with your Configuration Management Database (CMDB)
to always have an up-to-date view on your IT.
