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Description of problem: After updating the installed "check-mk-agent-1.2.6p16-1" which comes from my check_mk server (latest stable version) to the epel version "check-mk-agent-1.2.6p16-3" the local checks aren't working anymore. Also the directory "/usr/lib/check_mk_agent" is not created on a fresh system. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): check-mk-agent-1.2.6p16-3.el7.x86_64 How reproducible: Update to actual version or install a fresh system with epel version of check-mk-agent. Steps to Reproduce: 1. install check-mk-agent-1.2.6p16-1 2. put script in /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local folder 3. check that it's working with "check_mk_agent" 4. upgrade to epel version "check-mk-agent-1.2.6p16-3" 5. check that local scripts aren't working with "check_mk_agent" Alternate: 1. install fresh centos 7 2. install epel repo 3. install check-mk-agent Actual results: Old Scripts in this folder aren't working. The folder is not created on new systems: "/usr/lib/check_mk_agent" Expected results: Scripts in local Folder should work with command "check_mk_agent" Additional info:
The "/usr/lib/check_mk_agent" path has never worked unless you patched your local copy to make use of it. The correct path is "/usr/share/check-mk-agent/local", which is created and sourced correctly when the package is installed: from "/usr/bin/check_mk_agent": export MK_LIBDIR="/usr/share/check-mk-agent" LOCALDIR=$MK_LIBDIR/local from ls -l: ls -l /usr/share/check-mk-agent/ totale 12 drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 2 apr 11.28 available-plugins drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 9 mar 14.55 local drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 4096 2 apr 11.28 plugins
Sorry but on the offical page this is written: "Writing local checks is done by putting executable programs (usually shell scripts or similar) into a specific directory which is scanned by the agent. The default directory for such local checks is /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local for Linux/UNIX agents - on your target hosts." The official package works like this for years! But your package is marked as newer and breaks the official agent. I can confirm that your path is working but why don't you use the original paths?
What I define as being the "official package" is the one we maintain here in Fedora / EPEL and I can tell you for sure that the path outlined above has never changed since the package was originally introduced on the repositories. About the path itself Fedora and EPEL have a set of guidelines when it comes to where files and directories owned by a certain package should be installed. These guidelines inherited from the FHS [1] canonical locations for files and directories having a specific scope within the fs in general. Please check what /usr/lib is for at [2] and you'll understand why Check-MK upstream packaging is not compliant to Fedora's packaging guidelines. [1] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html [2] http://www.pathname.com/fhs/pub/fhs-2.3.html#USRLIBLIBRARIESFORPROGRAMMINGANDPA