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Werk #2880: Automatically detect changes in local web/plugins, no Apache restart needed anymore

Component User interface
Title Automatically detect changes in local web/plugins, no Apache restart needed anymore
Date Dec 18, 2015
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.2.7i4 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT
1.2.8b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

If you add, remove or modify any extensions in local/share/check_mk/web/plugins then a restart of your local Apache is not neccessary anymore. Check_MK will detect such changes by looking at the time stamps of the contained files and subdirectories of plugins.

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