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Werk #5243: WATO: improved "Activate Changes" performance. Config files are no longer written with pprint

Component Setup
Title WATO: improved "Activate Changes" performance. Config files are no longer written with pprint
Date Nov 13, 2017
Level Trivial Change
Class New Feature
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
1.5.0i1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Per default, most of the config files are now no longer written in pretty printed format. You can switch back to the old format with the configuration option Pretty-Print configuration files. Keep in mind that pretty printing configuration files may cost some cpu time, especially on larger installations with hundreds of hosts, contactgroups or hosttags.

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