How to Install Checkmk on NetBSD

Checkmk is a comprehensive and easy-to-use IT monitoring solution. In this tutorial, we'll guide you through the installation process of Checkmk on NetBSD.

Step 1: Install Required Packages

Before we can install Checkmk, we need to make sure that some necessary packages are installed on our system. These are:

  • python3
  • pip
  • setuptools

To install these packages, run the following command in your terminal:

$ pkgin install python36 py36-pip py36-setuptools

Step 2: Download Checkmk

Go to the official Checkmk website (https://checkmk.com/download.php) and download the latest stable release.

Step 3: Install Checkmk

After downloading the Checkmk tarball, extract it:

$ tar xf check_mk-<version>.tar.gz

Then, go to the extracted directory:

$ cd check_mk-<version>

Now, we need to customize some settings. Open the file 'etc/check_mk/defaults' with your preferred text editor:

$ vi etc/check_mk/defaults

Edit the following settings:

  • 'MK_CONFDIR': set this to your preferred configuration directory (e.g. /etc/check_mk)
  • 'MK_VARDIR': set this to your preferred data directory (e.g. /var/check_mk)
  • 'CMK_INITD': set this to your preferred init script directory (e.g. /etc/init.d)

Save the changes and exit the editor.

Finally, run the installation script as root:

# ./setup.sh

The script will install Checkmk on your system and start the Checkmk service.

Step 4: Accessing the Web Interface

After installing Checkmk, you can access its web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to:

http://<ip_address>/check_mk/

Replace '' with the IP address of your NetBSD machine.

Conclusion

By following the steps in this tutorial, you should now have Checkmk up and running on your NetBSD machine. You can configure and customize your Checkmk installation by exploring the web interface and the various configuration files in the directories you set earlier.