Vote for ARM support
If Checkmk for ARM is useful to you, please consider voting for this feature request: https://features.checkmk.com/suggestions/297317/arm-support-for-the-cee-and-cme
ARM builds of Checkmk
On the release page you can find deb packages targeting the following systems:
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Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) (formerly Raspbian) "Bullseye"
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Ubuntu (64-bit) "Jammy"
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Ubuntu (64-bit) "Focal"
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Debian (64-bit) "Bullseye"
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Ubuntu (64-bit) "Impish" (EOL / last version will be 2.0.0.p25)
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 device, 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
Tips & General Information
Errors during installation
dpkg: error processing package check-mk-raw-* (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
check-mk-raw-*
That's perfectly fine. Run apt-get install -f
and the installation should complete successfully.
Raspberry Pi: use an HDD/SSD when running Checkmk
The rrdcached
issues many small write requests which may harm your SD card, see: https://forum.checkmk.com/t/checkmk-on-raspberry-pi/27760/4
Raspberry Pi: reduce the number of apache processes
Go to Setup
> General
> Global settings
> Site Management
and reduce the number at Apache process tuning
to 5.
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure: access web interface
In case of issues accessing the Checkmk web interface, check the pre-defined iptables rules, see: https://blog.meinside.dev/When-Oracle-Clouds-Ubuntu-Instance-Doesnt-Accept-Connections-to-Ports-Other-than-22/
Install Checkmk to your device
The following sections show how to download and install the DEB packages available from this repo. After the installation you can 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/2.1.0p28 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep bullseye_armhf.deb)
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.bullseye_armhf.deb
apt-get update && apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Jammy
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.1.0p28 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep jammy_arm64.deb)
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.jammy_arm64.deb
apt-get update && apt-get install -f
Ubuntu (64-bit) Focal
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.1.0p28 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep focal_arm64.deb)
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.focal_arm64.deb
apt-get update && apt-get install -f
Debian (64-bit) Bullseye
curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/2.1.0p28 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep bullseye_arm64.deb)
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.bullseye_arm64.deb
apt-get update && apt-get install -f
Package overview
Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit)
- Checkmk 2.1.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye: 2.1.0p28
- Checkmk 2.0.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye: 2.0.0p25
- Checkmk 2.0.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Buster: 2.0.0p17
- Checkmk 1.6.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Buster: 1.6.0p22
- Checkmk 1.5.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Buster: 1.5.0p22
- Checkmk 1.5.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Stretch: 1.5.0p20
- Checkmk 1.4.0 for Raspberry Pi OS Stretch: 1.4.0p35
Ubuntu (64-bit)
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Checkmk 2.1.0 for Ubuntu 22.04 Jammy: 2.1.0p28
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Checkmk 2.1.0 for Ubuntu 20.04 Focal: 2.1.0p28
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Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 21.10 Impish: 2.0.0p25
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Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 21.04 Hirsute: 2.0.0p20
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Checkmk 2.0.0 for Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy: 2.0.0p16
Debian (64-bit)
- Checkmk 2.1.0 for Debian Bullseye: 2.1.0p28
Build Checkmk from sources
# build a specific version of Checkmk targeting Debian 32-bit, e.g.: 2.1.0p21
INSTALL_DEPENDENCIES=1 bash build_check_mk_debian_32bit.sh <version>
# build a specific version of Checkmk targeting Ubuntu 64-bit, e.g.: 2.1.0p21
INSTALL_DEPENDENCIES=1 bash build_check_mk_ubuntu_64bit.sh <version>
Patches
Remove module navicli
cp omd/Makefile omd/Makefile_v2
vim omd/Makefile_v2
- navicli \
diff -u omd/Makefile omd/Makefile_v2 > ../omd-Makefile-remove-module-navicli.patch
Enable no-semantic-interposition compiler flag for python build
cp omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
vim omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2
+ CFLAGS="${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
-PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA := _sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py
+PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA := _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
-PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA := _sysconfigdata__linux_x86_64-linux-gnu.py
+PYTHON_SYSCONFIGDATA := _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 = "==5.10.0" # 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