Werk #13399: RESTAPI: Endpoint for downloading agent by host name

Component

REST API

Title

RESTAPI: Endpoint for downloading agent by host name

Date

Oct 28, 2021

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required

Checkmk versions & editions

2.1.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0p18	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Agent can now be downloaded by operating system and host name:

/check_mk/api/1.0/domain-types/agent/actions/download_by_host/invoke?os_type=linux_tgz&host_name=example.com

The previous URL used to download agents via the agent hash:

/check_mk/api/1.0/objects/agent_binary/80e99ba3a66d4880?os_type=linux_tgz

is replaced by

/check_mk/api/1.0/domain-types/agent/actions/download_by_hash/invoke?os_type=linux_tgz&agent_hash=80e99ba3a66d4880

In checkmk raw edition the packaged agents can now be downloaded by the following URL:

/check_mk/api/1.0/domain-types/agent/actions/download/invoke?os_type=linux_deb

Full description can be found in the built in REST API Documentation.