Werk #16572: Replace cmk --inventory-as-check with check_cmk_inv command

Component

Core & setup

Title

Replace cmk --inventory-as-check with check_cmk_inv command

Date

Mar 18, 2025

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

2.5.0b1 Not yet released	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.4.0b2	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The command cmk --inventory-as-check, that can be called on the command line by the Checkmk site user, has been moved to a dedicated check plugin entry point lib/nagios/plugins/check_cmk_inv.

The check plugin entry point already existed in 2.3, but was so far only a thin wrapper around the cmk --inventory-as-check command. Now the command has been removed and the check plugin entry point is the one that is used by the monitoring core to execute the "Check_MK HW/SW Inventory" service. If you want to call this logic manually, e.g. for debugging, you need to use the new entry point now.

Even if we change the command line of the cmk command, we don't mark this as incompatible change, because we consider this as an implementation detail.

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