Conference Workshops

Join us at the Design Offices, Bogenhausen Munich, on May 22, 2025, for the Checkmk Conference workshops.

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Morning workshop details

Below are summaries of the morning half-day workshops. Please note that each session has specific prerequisites listed in its description. Be sure to check the language indicated for each session when booking.

  • Workshop #1: Automating Checkmk via the REST API [DE]
    09:00 - 12:30
    Robert Sander (Heinlein Support)

    14 seats left

    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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  • Workshop #2: Security Best Practices [EN]
    09:00 - 12:30
    Ralf Spenneberg (OpenSource Security)

    30 seats left

    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 Checkmkarchitecture 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 thepassword 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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  • Workshop #4: Migrating plug-ins from Checkmk 2.3 to 2.4 [EN]
    09:00 - 12:30
    Moritz Kiemer (Checkmk)

    15 seats left

    - only for check-plug-in programmers -

    With Checkmk 2.3 we have released new well-defined APIs for important parts of plug-in development, including a version 2 of the check plug-in API and the new rulesets API. In this workshop, we discussed the steps needed to take full advantage of these new APIs and then how to migrate your plug-ins to work with Checkmk 2.3.

    Prerequisites: Some experience in Checkmk plug-in development. Bring your own plug-ins!

    Workshop type: Hands-on

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  • Workshop #6: (Network) Visualization with Checkmk [DE]
    09:00 - 12:30
    Thomas Labinski

    14 seats left

    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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Afternoon workshop details

Below are descriptions for the afternoon half-day workshops. Each workshop comes with individual prerequisites mentioned in the details. Be sure to check the language indicated for each session when booking.

  • Workshop #1: Automating Checkmk via the REST API [EN]
    13:45 - 17:15
    Marcel Schulte (Checkmk)

    14 seats left

    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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  • Workshop #4: Migrating Plug-ins from Checkmk 2.3 to 2.4 [DE]
    13:45 - 17:15
    Moritz Kiemer (Checkmk)

    15 seats left

    - only for check-plug-in programmers -

    With Checkmk 2.4 we released well-defined APIs for important parts of plug-in development, including a version 2 of the check plug-in API and the new rulesets API. In this workshop, we will discuss the steps needed to take full advantage of these new APIs and then migrate your plug-ins to work with Checkmk 2.4.

    Prerequisites: Some experience in Checkmk plug-in development. Bring your own plug-ins!

    Workshop type: Hands-on

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  • Workshop #7: Maximizing the value of Business Intelligence [EN]
    13:45 - 17:15
    Anastasios Thomaidis (Checkmk)

    Checkmk comes with many powerful features. Among others, there is the Business Intelligence (BI), the Event Console and Notifications. Learn from our Checkmk consultant, Anastasios Thomaidis, how to use BI with its powerful features like the search, filter, dynamic aggregates, the Rest-API and how to build an example BI for your needs.

    Prerequisites: Basic Knowledge about Checkmk

    Workshop type: Hands-on

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Full-day workshop details

Find below the details of our full-day workshops. Each workshop includes specific prerequisites mentioned in the description. Make sure to note the language specified for each workshop during registration.

  • Workshop #3: TBA [EN]
    09:00 - 17:15
    Simon Meggle (Checkmk)

    More information will follow.

  • Workshop #5: Automate Checkmk with Ansible [EN]
    09:00 - 17:15
    René Koch (DI (FH) René Koch)

    15 seats left

    More information will follow.

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