CheckMK Hosts

In CheckMK, understanding hosts and services is fundamental. Here's a breakdown:

• Hosts: These represent individual devices or systems you want to monitor. This could be a physical server, a virtual machine, a network switch, or even a cloud instance. CheckMK keeps track of the overall health and status of these hosts.
• Services: These are specific functionalities or applications running on a host. CheckMK can monitor individual services like web servers, databases, or specific applications. By monitoring services, you can identify issues within a host that might not be apparent from just looking at the overall health.

FojiSoft can be configured to pull status and metric data for Hosts and Services from CheckMK.

See CheckMK for more information about the CheckMK Site connection and its configuration.

Step 1: Accessing Data Source Configuration

1. Log in to your Foji account and navigate to the data sources section.
2. Click on the "Add Data Source" button or select the option to create a new data source.

Step 2: Naming the Data Source

1. In the "Name" field, enter a unique name for your CheckMK Hosts data source. Choose a descriptive name that helps you identify the purpose or characteristics of this data source.

Step 3: Configuring CheckMK Options

1. Connection: Select the connection to your CheckMK Site

Step 4: Select Hosts or Groups

1. Select the hosts or host groups for which status and metrics will be pulled

Step 5: Saving and Using the Data Source

1. After providing the necessary configuration details, click on the "Save" or "Create" button to save the CheckMK Hosts data source configuration.
2. Contact the Foji support team for more information on utilizing the CheckMK Hosts data source.