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Werk #18925: agent updater - Drop 32bit Linux support

Component Agent bakery
Title agent updater - Drop 32bit Linux support
Date Jan 19, 2026
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Incompatible - Manual interaction might be required
Checkmk versions & editions
2.6.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)
2.5.0b1
Not yet released
Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk Cloud (CCE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The agent updater (cmk-update-agent) is no longer provided as 32bit Linux binary executable.

If you run the agent updater under a 32bit Linux system, use the plain Python script deployment option instead.

cmk-update-agent as a Python script has the following requirements to the underlying Linux system:

  • Python 3.7
  • cryptography Python module
  • requests Python module
  • pysocks Python module (for SOCKS proxy support)

Caution: Agent updater rules configured with Executable format (Linux): 32bit packaged binary will be migrated to the Script option.
Please be sure to check for compatibility before updating!

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