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Werk #16176: postfix: Fix Postfix status monitoring for agents run in Docker

Component Checks & agents
Title postfix: Fix Postfix status monitoring for agents run in Docker
Date Mar 13, 2024
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.4.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.3.0b4 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT
2.2.0p26 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Previously, Checkmk agent used the data from /proc to determine if Postfix instance is running. Since docker containers don't have permissions to read /proc, the agent always reported the Postfix instance as 'not running'.

This resulted in CRIT 'Postfix status' service even if Postfix instance was running correctly.

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