Werk #16619: Ruleset API: Ruleset validation

Component

Checks & agents

Title

Ruleset API: Ruleset validation

Date

Mar 11, 2024

Level

Trivial Change

Class

Bug Fix

Compatibility

Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required

Checkmk versions & editions

2.4.0b1	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.3.0b3	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

Rulespec/ruleset names now have to be valid python identifiers that are not reserved keywords. This also applies to choice identifiers in FormSpecs.

The validation occurs during instantiation and will raise a ValueError when a violation is found.