Werk #14590: Agents identify themselves via User-Agent string

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Agents identify themselves via User-Agent string

Date

Mar 9, 2023

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.3.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.2.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

With this werk the HTTP(s) requests sent by agents have been updated to have a more consistent User-Agent string. The following agents are affected.

apache_status uses checkmk-agent-apache_status-2.3.0p1
nginx_status uses checkmk-agent-nginx_status-2.3.0p1
mk_jolokia uses checkmk-agent-mk_jolokia-2.3.0p1
agent_jolokia uses checkmk-special-jolokia-2.3.0p1
agent_vsphere uses checkmk-special-vsphere-2.3.0p1
agent_netapp uses checkmk-special-netapp-2.3.0p1
agent_splunk uses checkmk-special-splunk-2.3.0p1

The version at the end depends on the version of the agent. If the shipped (unmodified) agent is used it will match the Checkmk version of the site.

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