Werk #2472: MSSQL Agent Plugin: Can now be configured to auth as database user

Component

Checks & agents

Title

MSSQL Agent Plugin: Can now be configured to auth as database user

Date

Jul 21, 2015

Level

Trivial Change

Class

New Feature

Compatibility

Compatible - no manual interaction needed

Checkmk versions & editions

1.2.7i3	Checkmk Raw (CRE), Checkmk Enterprise (CEE), Checkmk MSP (CME)

The mssql.vbs script can now be configured to authenticate as database user using a configured username / password combination. Previously it was only possible to authenticate using the system privileges of the user the agent is running with. This is still the default.

If you need to authenticate as database user, you need to create a file named mssql.ini, or if you need it instance specific, mssql_[instance-id].ini. You need to write the following content into this file:

mssql.ini

[auth]
type = db
username = monitoring-user
password = mysecretpw

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