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More flexible scheduling options in downtime presets
We have a weekly maintenance window for our hosts on Wednesday at 18:00. We currently use scheduled downtimes on services that receive a non-critical alert. This ...
Disabled rules are not clearly visible in the GUI/UI
At the moment (CMK 2.4.X) if a rule is disabled, there's a light gray symbol at the beginning of the list. Within the normal rules the "Conditions" text is also ...
GUI: display full text for long strings in drop down (avoid truncation)
At the moment, some fields in the GUI have a fixed length. If you have longer strings, they don’t fit, and you can only see the beginning, so you can’t tell which ...
Schedule Downtime form adapted for host/service
The "schedule Downtime" form displays the "on service" button highlighted in green and the "on host" button in grey. However, when opening the dialog for a host, the ...
UX: SAML Authentication rules: contact group config
With the SAML authentication rule, it is possible to automatically assign contact groups.
However, when multiple contact groups and mappings are configured, the ...
Master control snap-in: prevent accidental switch flipping
As identified in CheckMK Support ticket SUP-26485, the switches that are part of the Master control snap-in can be flipped without as little as a confirmation ...
Add "copy hostname to clipboard" icon
My suggestion specifically relates to the service details of a host, but may also apply to several other areas of the UI.
Occasionally, you need the host name of a ...
Process monitoring: explicit exclude/negate option (regex for command)
In some scenarios, it is necessary to monitor all processes of a specific user or process group. However, certain individual processes should be explicitly excluded ...
Feedback that action is in progress: change button color after click
In various operations in the Checkmk Main Menu, there is no feedback when a button is clicked to know that the action is in progress. Some examples include:
1. Site ...
Add regex support for text-based Custom Host Attributes in WATO host search
Currently, when filtering hosts in WATO using text-based fields such as Custom Host Attributes, the search only supports exact string matching. This significantly ...
Support for "is not" with host tag values in WATO host search, as available in views filters
Currently, when filtering hosts in WATO via the host search interface, it is only possible to apply tag filters using the "is" (equals) operator. This limits the ...
ICON Name: show host icon name
ICON Name: show host icon name, by hover with the mouse.
So that we see the name of the icon or the file name.
For better detection, what is behind the icon, here ...
Include Documentation URL in Service Check Details
Currently, the Documentation URL field is only visible in the configuration interface. To improve usability, especially for troubleshooting purposes, it would be ...
Open Host Monitor View From Host Setup Folders
Hi all,
I'd really love to be able to view the hosts in a folder while in the Setup area, and easily click on that host to view the active services on that host, ...
Rules: FileGroup drop down menu
Please implement a FileGroup drop down menu for a better ruling and problem prevention.
In general we need the drop down menus for all data in the rules. Manual ...
Rule overview should show that hosts are no longer in check
Hello CMK Team,
for rules with HostTags, it is always apparent that non-existent HostTags are displayed in a thin font, see image “Unknown tag”. For hosts that are ...
Reccomended Action or Friendly Output
Provide clear, actionable details about issues and resolutions in the manual of checks, notifications, and UI.
Components:
Manual of Checks: Add a section with ...
Add quick button "end downtime" to regularly end a downtime
We would need a button "End downtime" to regularly end a downtime, beside the existing buttons "Remove downtime" and "Modify downtime".
Also a desired place: In ...
Windows Service Summary: Show stopped services in summary (and not only in details)
Show stopped services in summary. Currently these services are only listed in details, but it's a vital information for admins to see problems at a glance.
The ...
Add link in the ‘Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX’ view to quickly open the ‘Agent update status’ view
Please add in the ‘Agents’ menu of the ‘Windows, Linux, Solaris, AIX’ View a link to the ‘Agent Update Status’ view.
This would allow users to quickly open the ...
Recurring Downtime: add "weekday" choice
We have a service that runs only during the week from 04:00 to 20:00. During the offline time, a downtime should be set. Currently, I have to create multiple ...
Make filter permamnent until the user delete it
Example at users, the filter will not survive, the filtered string is deleted after the search and we have to add the filter string again and again to search.
So in ...
Option inside the Rule to insert the Position in the Rules Page
In the Moment it is very stressful to move an Rule on an Rules Page from one Position to another , you have to use the arrows , but Scrolling the Side is not ...
Allow Service/Host State Translation for Soft States
Currently, service and host states can be remapped by rules, but this is independent of their status (Hard State/Soft State). It would be beneficial to have this ...
Visibility of Sorting in Host / Services views
Make "Sorted Column" Highlighted, alternatively add icons for sorted columns shown "Sorted descending / sorted ascending" using small icons.
For "not sorted" do not ...
Honor browser setting for UI theme from the start
In many modern apps as well as operating systems you can choose between at least one light and one dark mode.
CheckMK already attributes to that by making the user ...
Quicksearch should keep the search string
The Quicksearch Snap-in is a helpful tool when configure within Checkmk. The search string in the Quicksearch does not clear, when navigating through different menus. ...
Add quick button for removing a downtime
It would be nice to have the remove downtime button not only in the action menu but also as quick button.
Maybe this could be a configuration or Checkmk could ...
Default acknowledgement expiration time
It's possible to set a default expiration time, but there isn't a setting to check the "Expire on" checkbox by default. See forum for screenshots: ...
Process monitoring: Add option to sort by utilization or name in process search
Process Monitoring
During the process Search sort the order by utilization or name
Move button "Update site DNS cache"
The button "Update site DNS cache" is only available in the host properties.
As it updates all DNS cache entries it should be moved to the setup menu (under topic ...
WATO: Input fields for RegExp and TextInput should be visually distinguishable
In the WATO plugins it is currently not possible to recognise whether a certain input field accepts only regular text or a regular expression. The fields look ...
Additional information in case of failed updates
Update fail with the error below.
More informations how to solve this problem in the message would be helpful.
Fehler während des Updates:
OMD-Befehl omd -f -V ...
Create hosts in bulk via API without failing if some of the hosts do not meet requirements
When using the Checkmk Rest API to create hosts in bulk, if one host does not meet requirements, the entire list of hosts fails.
For example, if one host already ...
CME: Enable All Disable all for customers, like the Site status has
In Distributed Monitoring setup you have the option below the sites to Enable All and Disable all, so you don't have to manually enable/disable each site if you want ...
Enhance label filtering in notification rules
It would be nice to have the same filter options for labels (one of, none of) like in Monitoring configuration rules to get more flexible Notification Rules instead ...
Acknowledge Text Templates
It would be very useful if we can select a predefined text for acknowledging problems instead of typing it every time.
The most of the acknowledge texts are the same ...
protect the sidebar against unwanted changes by admin
Hallo,
it would be helpful to protect the sidebar against unwanted changes made accidentally.
A lock function with an icon to unlock?
Add "Topic" to "Host groups" and "Servic groups" sidebar element
If you have a large number of host and/or server groups, the list in the corresponding sidebar element can become very unmanageable.
It would make navigation much ...
Improve Report Scheduling Options
similar to idea https://ideas.checkmk.com/suggestions/463158/same-report-scheduler-and-recurring-downtimes-options
We have a client who requires a 6 monthly report ...
Better overview for ruleset views for many rules
It would be nice if you could make the overview of the administration screens such as Check SQL Database, MRPE or Services disabled clearer. If there are many ...
Show agent receiver port in Web-GUI
Currently the configured agent receiver port (8000 ff) for the site is only visible on the command line (omd config show or an API request).
It would be good to ...
Show only writeable folder on bulk move
When moving multiple hosts all folders are shown in the dropdown for the selection of the destination.
When moving a single host only writeable folders are shown ...
Crash Report: Add Filter the the Crash Report overview
As of now you can't use any Filter in the Cresh report view.
You can't quickly see on which sites a particular crash has occurred, how often a particular crash ...
Crash Report: Add Delete Button th the Crash Report Detailview
When you open the crash report detail view, you can download and/or submit it, but you cannot delete the report directly if the crash data is no longer needed. ...
Force host-tag selection
I'd like to get the option of forcing our users to select a specific host-tag when trying to create a host.
This is useful in environments which for example define ...
Recurring Downtime | Define by Time Ranges (Downtime is DST aware)
We would like to be able to define recurring downtime in terms of time ranges (e.g. 22:00 - 00:00) in additional to absolute terms periods (e.g. 2 hours).
This is ...
option to differ visual between regular host up and host up by rule "Always assume host to be up"
Hallo,
it would be helpfull to differ between a regular up status an the one triggered by the rule "Always assume host to be up". Maybe to different UP icons ...
display problems with packages in the main page of extensions
Hallo,
the feature analyze configuration lists problems with mkps.
It would be helpful to see these results in the main package management page too.
Maybe a signal ...
Clone Folders
It would be great if it would be possible to clone a complete subfolder tree including all assigned tags/labels but obviously without hosts.
This way it would be ...