Check_MK - Your complete IT monitoring solution
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Check_MK is available in several editions. The  Check_MK Raw Edition is free
and 100% open-source. The Check_MK Enterprise Edition includes several
additional features and professional support from the authors, billed annually.
A demo version is freely available for testing the Enterprise Edition in a
non-production environment.

Check_MK can be installed on Linux servers via DEB and RPM packages found on
our Downloads page. The Enterprise Edition is also available as a virtual or
physical appliance. The following short installation guides show how you can
easily set up Check_MK and begin monitoring. 

Please visit our website for more details:

  http://mathias-kettner.com/check_mk.html


Getting started
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Please have a look at the official handbook on how to get started with
Check_MK. It can be found here: 

  http://mathias-kettner.com/cms_introduction.html


Building on your own packages
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It is highly recommended to use Check_MK packages we provide
(http://mathias-kettner.com/download).

But if you really want to build your own packages, you need either download the
source packages from our website or check out the git repository.

To prepare your system for building you need to execute this command:

  make -C omd setup

It will install the missing build dependencies (if you are working on a
supported Linux distribution).

Then you can either create RPM or DEB packages, depending on your distro.
To build an RPM execute this:

  make rpm

To create a DEB package execute this:

  DEBFULLNAME="Mr. Buildmaster" DEBEMAIL="[email protected]" make deb

Don't forget to insert your name and mail address. As a result your should
find packages named like this: check-mk-[edition]-[version].[deb|rpm] in
your current directory.