Werk #13965: Fix broken configs created by WebAPI

Component

REST API

Title

Fix broken configs created by WebAPI

Date

Nov 17, 2022

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.1.0p17	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.0.0p31	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

A wrong data format resulting from using the WebAPI to edit or create hosts led to failing Check_MK services for SNMP hosts. The shown message was "Please check your SNMP configuration. Possible reason might be: Wrong credentials, wrong SNMP version, Firewall rules, etc.".

This reverts the change introduced in Werk 13962 (released in 2.1.0p16 and 2.0.0p30) that forced users to post data in the Python format when creating or editing host using the WebAPI.

We implement a fix for the underlying problem that does not need existing scripts to be changed and fixes existing problems during update.

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