Werk #16825: parent scan: Deprecate command line tool in favor of REST API endpoint
| Component | Setup | ||||
| Title | parent scan: Deprecate command line tool in favor of REST API endpoint | ||||
| Date | May 2, 2024 | ||||
| Level | Trivial Change | ||||
| Class | New Feature | ||||
| Compatibility | Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required | ||||
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In this werk, we replace the cmk --scan-parents command line tool with
a more flexible parent scan REST API endpoint.
As opposed to the command line option, the new endpoint will no longer
create automatically-applied parents.mk config files but rely on the
standard WATO configuration mechanism, so changes need to be activated
afterwards.
Attention: Incompatibility, possible data loss in distributed monitoring setups
If you have previously used the parent scan through the command line
tool, the resulting parents.mk config files will be migrated into your
hosts configuration during the update process. However, only parent
scan configurations on the central site will be migrated, remote
site parents.mk configuration files will just be ignored. If this
affects your setup, please re-trigger a parent scan for the affected
child hosts in the GUI or REST API.