Information about the package, check-mk-agent, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The check-mk-agent package is designed for, The check-mk's Agent.
Package Name:
check-mk-agent
Summary:
The check-mk's Agent
Description:
This package contains the check-mk's agent. Install the following agent on all the machines you plan to monitor with check-mk.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
1.2.6p16
Release:
5.el6
Size:
68 k
Repository:
epel
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2 and GPLv3
Control the check-mk-agent package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install check-mk-agent
This command will install check-mk-agent on the server.
yum remove check-mk-agent
This command will un-install check-mk-agent on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove check-mk-agent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove check-mk-agent
This command will un-install check-mk-agent on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove check-mk-agent when using the -y flag.
yum update check-mk-agent
This command will update check-mk-agent to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove check-mk-agent, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update check-mk-agent
This command will update check-mk-agent to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove check-mk-agent when using the -y flag.
yum info check-mk-agent
This command will show you core information about the check-mk-agent package.
yum deplist check-mk-agent
This command will show you the dependencies for check-mk-agent. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update check-mk-agent
This command will check if there is an update waiting on check-mk-agent. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.