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Encrypted traffic between Check_MK server and client…

Friday, August 6th, 2021

This article gone describe how to configure Check_MK agent to communicated encrypted via internet.

Client config

On the client edit the file

/etc/check_mk/encryption.cfg

Below is a sample output of the file.

ENCRYPTED=yes
PASSPHRASE=’super-secret-password-example-321′

Server config

In Check_MK GUI go to Setup > Agent Access Rules > Encryption (Linux, Windows).

Input a name for the rule. Enter the password and specify witch host this should apply on. You can do the rules in different ways. This is just describes the basics

Below image shows the config in GUI.

Thanks for reading hope it helps someone.