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Werk #11850: Windows agent ignores cmk-update-agent.exe in plugins directory

Component Checks & agents
Title Windows agent ignores cmk-update-agent.exe in plugins directory
Date Feb 23, 2021
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.1.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.0.0b8 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The only possibility to update agent automatically is the python script cmk_update_agent.checkmk.py. With this release cmk-update-agent.exe in the plugins directory will be ignored by Windows agent to prevent possible problems.

This behavior is behavior by default and may be overriden using check_mk.user.yml

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