CMKConf Munich Workshops

15 seats available

In this one-day workshop, you will learn about Synthetic Monitoring with Robotmk in a clear and practical way.
Together with Simon Meggle, the inventor of Robotmk and product manager of Synthetic Monitoring, you will analyse ready-to-use Robot Framework tests and understand their structure and functionality step by step.
Guided exercises will give you a sense of the potential that Synthetic Monitoring offers for your IT.
Of course, all test results are also integrated during the course into Checkmk – making the user's perspective visible in the monitoring!

Prerequisites: Basic Checkmk monitoring knowledge. No Robot Framework experience needed
Workshop type: Hands-on and Demo

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Ansible is a leading IT automation tool that helps streamline system configuration, software deployment, and complex orchestration tasks.
In this practical workshop, René Koch will demonstrate how to automate Checkmk servers and clients using Ansible. Participants will learn how to install and configure a Checkmk server, deploy agents on Linux and Windows systems, and perform essential configuration tasks such as adding hosts and groups, managing users, setting up time periods and downtimes, and handling rules and passwords.
The workshop also covers advanced automation topics, including fetching data from Checkmk using lookup plugins and using Checkmk as an Ansible inventory. It concludes with a demonstration of self-healing automation that integrates Checkmk, the Ansible Automation Platform, and Rulebooks.
René Koch is an experienced Ansible and Red Hat Satellite consultant working with customers across Europe. Join him to explore how automation can simplify your monitoring workflows and make your IT operations more efficient.

Prerequisites: Working knowledge of both Checkmk and Ansible.
Workshop type: Hands-on and Demo

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14 seats available

The REST API of Checkmk opens up new opportunities for automating your monitoring. Automation can make your life easier and offers endless options. In this workshop, you will learn what is possible with the REST API and how to get things done more quickly.
Configure your monitoring, execute it and get status information. We will dive deeper into how to integrate Checkmk with multiple data sources for automation.
We will also look into using the REST API with deployment tools. In summary, this workshop will introduce you to the concepts behind the API and teach you how to automate things yourself through practical examples.

Prerequisites: Programming experience and a good understanding of Checkmk.
Workshop type: Hands-on

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30 seats available

Monitoring is at the heart of your IT. Thus, it needs to be secure. Security expert Ralf Spenneberg will show how you secure your monitoring. Checkmk provides all the tools to enable enterprise-grade security. Sometimes the options are hidden, not enabled or require configuration. In this workshop, Ralf will discuss the Checkmk architecture in the context of security and will explain and demonstrate the configuration of a secure Checkmk installation. Best security practices regarding the Checkmk agent connection, distributed configuration, access via SNMP and special agents, SSL/TLS connections to VMware and LDAP, the certificate store and the password store will be covered in this workshop. There will also be time to discuss specific issues you may face in your own setup.

Prerequisites: Basic knowledge about Checkmk.
Workshop type: Presentation & Q&A

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14 seats available

In a constantly changing IT world, (Network) Visualization is an important tool for keeping an overview and identifying potential problems more easily. Since version 2.3, Checkmk has a new backend for this purpose.
In this hands-on workshop, participants will learn how to use the publicly available Network Visualization Data Creation Tool - NVDCT to visualize the Layer2 (CDP/LLDP) and Layer3 (IPv4) topologies of their networks. In addition to the network topologies other visualization options, such as vSphere, are presented.
The author of NVDCT will guide you through the installation and configuration of the necessary plugins. One focus of the workshop is the optimization (troubleshooting) of the created topologies.

Prerequisites: Intermediate knowledge of Checkmk and practical experience.
Workshop type: Hands-on

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15 seats available

In complex, distributed IT environments, having a complete view of system health is essential. OpenTelemetry (OTel) is the industry standard for generating metrics and logs, and Prometheus is the standard for pulling infrastructure metrics. This hands-on workshop will show you how to leverage Checkmk's integrations to manage both data streams efficiently. Led by Niklas and David, you will learn to set up two distinct pipelines within Checkmk for comprehensive visualization and alerting.

Prerequisites: Basic Checkmk monitoring knowledge.
Workshop type: Hands-on

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14 seats available

The REST API of Checkmk opens up new opportunities for automating your monitoring. Automation can make your life easier and offers endless options. In this workshop, you will learn what is possible with the REST API and how to get things done more quickly.
Configure your monitoring, execute it and get status information. We will dive deeper into how to integrate Checkmk with multiple data sources for automation.
We will also look into using the REST API with deployment tools. In summary, this workshop will introduce you to the concepts behind the API and teach you how to automate things yourself through practical examples.

Prerequisites: Programming experience and a good understanding of Checkmk.
Workshop type: Hands-on

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15 seats available

This hands-on workshop explores the new features in Checkmk 2.5 that make building dashboards and views easier than ever. You'll learn how to create custom views, combine them into powerful dashboards, and visualize your monitoring data through states, metrics, graphs, performance indicators, and events. By the end, you'll have the skills to create effective dashboards and share them with the community.

Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge of Checkmk
Workshop type: Hands-on

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