Checkmk for Raspberry Pi

The pre-built packages are tested on a Raspberry Pi 3 running Raspberry Pi OS. Consider building Checkmk yourself if you intend to run it on a different system.

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

Install Checkmk to Raspberry Pi OS

Get and install latest pre-built package

curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/latest | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep buster_armhf.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.buster_armhf.deb
apt-get install -f

Latest pre-built packages

• Checkmk 1.6.0 for Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Buster: latest
• Checkmk 1.5.0 for Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Buster: 1.5.0p22
• Checkmk 1.5.0 for Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Stretch: 1.5.0p20
• Checkmk 1.4.0 for Raspberry Pi OS (32-bit) Stretch: 1.4.0p35

Install Checkmk to Ubuntu

Get and install latest pre-built package

curl -LO $(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/chrisss404/check-mk-arm/releases/tags/1.6.0p19 | grep browser_download_url | cut -d '"' -f 4 | grep bionic_arm64.deb) 
dpkg -i check-mk-raw-*.bionic_arm64.deb
apt-get install -f

Latest pre-built packages

• Checkmk 1.6.0 for Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (64-bit) Bionic Beaver: 1.6.0p19

Build it yourself

# build a specific version of Checkmk, e.g.: 1.6.0p2
bash build_check_mk.sh <version>

# install dependencies and build Checkmk
INSTALL_DEPENDENCIES=1 bash build_check_mk.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_ROOT)/lib"
+            LDFLAGS="-Wl,--rpath,$(OMD_ROOT)/lib -fno-semantic-interposition"
diff -u omd/packages/Python/Python.make omd/packages/Python/Python.make_v2 > ../python-make-add-fno-semantic-interposition.patch