Werk #15524: Avoid confusion with MKPs 'Minimum required Checkmk version'

Component

Setup

Title

Avoid confusion with MKPs 'Minimum required Checkmk version'

Date

Mar 28, 2023

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.3.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0b1	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.2.0b2	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.1.0p26	Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

This only affects users that create MKPs and make use of the field 'Minimum required Checkmk version'.

This field is usually prepopulated with the version number of the site (e.g. "2.1.0p17"). We found users frequently removed the patch release number (turning it into "2.1.0"), thinking that this tranlates as "any 2.1 version".

However, it does not. "2.1.0" is the specific version released after "2.1.0b9" and before "2.1.0p1". Consequently, an MKP that requires version 2.2.0, for instance, will not be available in verison 2.1.0b1.

This is most likely not what users wanted, so we now prompt a warning if such a version number is specified. You can still configure it, though.

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