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Checkmk for Raspberry Pi.

Checkmk for Raspberry Pi

On the release page you can find deb packages targeting the following systems:

The builds for Focal and Groovy are untested !
The build for Bullseye arm64 is untested !

If your system is listed you can follow the instructions from section Install Checkmk to your RPi, otherwise please refer to section Build Checkmk from sources to compile a package for your system.

The sources of Checkmk can be found here: https://github.com/tribe29/checkmk

Checkmk

Recommended Configurations

Reduce the number of apache processes

Go to Setup > General > Global settings > Site Management and reduce the number at Apache process tuning to 5.

Install Checkmk to your RPi

The following sections show how to download and install the DEB packages available from this repo. After the installation you could follow the official user guide to set it up and start your monitoring journey.

Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Bullseye
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.1.0p10 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep bullseye_armhf.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.bullseye_armhf.deb
apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Jammy
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.1.0p9 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep jammy_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.jammy_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Focal
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.0.0p25 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep focal_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.focal_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Impish
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.0.0p25 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep impish_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.impish_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Hirsute
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.0.0p20 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep hirsute_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.hirsute_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Groovy
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.0.0p16 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep groovy_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.groovy_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f
Debian (64-bit) Bullseye
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.1.0p9 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep bullseye_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.bullseye_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f

Package overview

Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit)
  • Checkmk 2.1.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye: 2.1.0p10
  • Checkmk 2.0.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye: 2.0.0p25
  • Checkmk 2.0.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Buster: 2.0.0p17
  • Checkmk 1.6.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Buster: 1.6.0p22
  • Checkmk 1.5.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Buster: 1.5.0p22
  • Checkmk 1.5.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Stretch: 1.5.0p20
  • Checkmk 1.4.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Stretch: 1.4.0p35
Ubuntu (64-bit)
  • Checkmk 2.1.0 for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy: 2.1.0p9

  • Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 20.04 Focal: 2.0.0p25

  • Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 21.10 Impish: 2.0.0p25

  • Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute: 2.0.0p20

Because of EOL from hirsute version 2.0.0.p20 is the last version for it.
  • Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy: 2.0.0p16
Version 2.0.0.p16 is the last version for groovy, because of EOL from groovy.
Debian (64-bit)
  • Checkmk 2.1.0 for Debian Bullseye: 2.1.0p9

Build Checkmk from sources

# build a specific version of Checkmk targeting Bullseye, e.g.: 2.1.0p2
INSTALL_DEPENDENCIES=1 bash build_check_mk_bullseye32.sh <version>

# build a specific version of Checkmk targeting Groovy, e.g.: 2.1.0p2
bash build_check_mk_groovy64.sh <version>

Patches

Reduce maximum validity period of site certificates

cp omd/packages/omd/omdlib/certs.py omd/packages/omd/omdlib/certs_v2.py
vim omd/packages/omd/omdlib/certs_v2.py
-CERT_NOT_AFTER = 999 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 999 years by default
+CERT_NOT_AFTER = 65 * 365 * 24 * 60 * 60  # 65 years by default
diff -u omd/packages/omd/omdlib/certs.py omd/packages/omd/omdlib/certs_v2.py > ../omdlib-reduce-certificate-maximum-validity-period.patch

Remove module navicli

cp omd/Makefile omd/Makefile_v2
vim omd/Makefile_v2
-    navicli \
diff -u omd/Makefile omd/Makefile_v2 > ../omd-Makefile-remove-module-navicli.patch

Enable no-semantic-interposition compiler flag for python build

cp omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
vim omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
+	        CFLAGS="${CFLAGS} -fno-semantic-interposition" \
-	        LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath,/omd/versions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/lib $(PACKAGE_OPENSSL_LDFLAGS)"
+	        LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath,/omd/versions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/lib -fno-semantic-interposition $(PACKAGE_OPENSSL_LDFLAGS)"
diff -u omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2 > ../python-make-add-fno-semantic-interposition.patch

Set system architecture to aarch64 in python build

cp omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
vim omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
-	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py
+	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_aarch64-linux-gnu.py
-	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py
+	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_aarch64-linux-gnu.py
diff -u omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2 > ../python-make-set-aarch64-architecture.patch

Set system architecture to arm in python build

cp omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
vim omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
-	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py
+	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_arm-linux-gnueabihf.py
-	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py
+	    $(PACKAGE_PYTHON_PYTHONPATH)/_sysconfigdata__linux_arm-linux-gnueabihf.py
diff -u omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2 > ../python-make-set-arm-architecture.patch

Explicitly link against libatomic in protobuf build

cp omd/packages/protobuf/protobuf.make omd/packages/protobuf/protobuf.make_v2
vim omd/packages/protobuf/protobuf.make_v2
-	    echo -e '\nprotoc-static: $(protoc_OBJECTS) $(protoc_DEPENDENCIES) $(EXTRA_protoc_DEPENDENCIES)\n\tg++ -pthread -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1 -DHAVE_ZLIB=1 -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -s -o protoc google/protobuf/compiler/main.o -lpthread ./.libs/libprotoc.a ./.libs/libprotobuf.a' >> Makefile && \
+	    echo -e '\nprotoc-static: $(protoc_OBJECTS) $(protoc_DEPENDENCIES) $(EXTRA_protoc_DEPENDENCIES)\n\tg++ -pthread -DHAVE_PTHREAD=1 -DHAVE_ZLIB=1 -Wall -Wno-sign-compare -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -s -o protoc google/protobuf/compiler/main.o -lpthread ./.libs/libprotoc.a ./.libs/libprotobuf.a -latomic' >> Makefile && \
diff -u omd/packages/protobuf/protobuf.make omd/packages/protobuf/protobuf.make_v2 > ../protobuf-make-add-latomic.patch

Remove pbr from pipfile

cp Pipfile Pipfile_v2
vim Pipfile_v2
-pbr = "==5.4.4"  # needed by jira
diff -u Pipfile Pipfile_v2 > ../pipfile-remove-pbr.patch

Remove playwright from pipfile

cp Pipfile Pipfile_v2
vim Pipfile_v2
-playwright = "==1.19.0"  # used for in-browser testing
diff -u Pipfile Pipfile_v2 > ../pipfile-remove-playwright.patch