Werk #9421: Update agent to 2.0 agent (with option to re-enable 1.6 agent)
| Component | Firmware |
| Title | Update agent to 2.0 agent (with option to re-enable 1.6 agent) |
| Date | Apr 7, 2021 |
| Appliance Version | 1.4.14 |
| Level | Trivial Change |
| Class | New Feature |
| Compatibility | Compatible - no manual interaction needed |
The builtin Checkmk agent has been updated to the upcoming 2.0.0p2 Checkmk agent.
In case you monitor the appliance from a Checkmk 1.6 site on the appliance, you may change you configuration to use the Checkmk 1.6 agent which is still installed together with the appliance installed at the path /usr/bin/check_mk_agent.old.
To enable the appliance to use the "old stable" agent you can navigate to the web configuration, then go to Device settings and open up the "Check_MK Agent" setting. There you will find the option "Version" which you can set to "Old stable (1.6)". This will change the agent to be executed when contacting the agent port 6556 (TCP) to /usr/bin/check_mk_agent.old instead of /usr/bin/check_mk_agent.
Please note that this only affects the Checkmk agent itself and not the agent plugins nor local scripts. These are still all used from the default paths below /usr/lib/check_mk_agent.
