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Werk #1424: mknotifyd: now able to check if its still listening for telegrams

Component Notifications
Title mknotifyd: now able to check if its still listening for telegrams
Date Oct 27, 2014
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.5i6 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

The mknotifyd server is now able to handle heartbeat telegrams. Just send an empty pickled python object to the server, like "N." (a pickled None) The mknotifyd will answer with an "OK". You can monitor this behaviour with the active check Check connecting to a TCP port.

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