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Inventorize from Checkmk

The Syncer can read data back from Checkmk and store it as inventory attributes on hosts. This includes Checkmk labels, service plugin output, service labels, and HW/SW inventory data.

Go to: Modules → Checkmk → Inventorize from Checkmk Settings

The default configuration already imports all Checkmk host labels. The screenshot below shows an example of inventorizing a service and accessing HW/SW inventory data:

Inventorize settings example

Labels

Use a wildcard * to import all labels, or specify a pattern to filter:

cmk/*

This imports only labels whose key starts with cmk/.

Services

To import service data, specify the exact service name. For service labels, regex patterns are also supported.

HW/SW Inventory

Checkmk's HW/SW inventory tree is organized in a dot-notation path. Specify the path to the data you want to import.

Examples:

  • software.os — operating system information
  • network.interfaces — network interface data

Finding the Correct Path

  1. In Checkmk, open the HW/SW inventory view for a host

  2. Export the inventory as JSON

    Export inventory as JSON

  3. Find the keys in the JSON, for example software → os

    JSON keys

  4. Combine them with a dot: software.os

The inventorized data appears in the Syncer with the configured namespace prefix:

Inventorized data in Syncer

Command Line

./cmdbsyncer checkmk inventorize_hosts ACCOUNTNAME