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Problem
Users and customers sometimes confuse the terms used to describe the Checkmk software and the Checkmk appliance.
Solution
There are two entirely different topics: The Checkmk appliance and the Checkmk software. Read on for the disambiguation.
Checkmk Appliance
The Checkmk appliance is an operating system in a can. It is merely a platform to run the Checkmk software on if your organization is not Linux-savvy.
The appliance has two flavors: A virtual template in OVA format and a physical server.
Both flavors contain - among others - the following features:
- A preconfigured operating system, ready to support the Checkmk software
- A console interface for first boot and basic configuration
- A web interface for operating system level configuration, installing the Checkmk software, site management, and backup
Checkmk Demo Appliance
The Checkmk Demo appliance is a publicly available version of the virtual appliance. It is intended for testing and concept proofing only.
Its limitations are:
Checkmk Software
The Checkmk software itself is the monitoring system you use all day. It can be installed on all major Linux distributions and the Checkmk appliance and run as a Docker container.
Checkmk Free Edition
See https://checkmk.com/l/t/enterprise-free-trial.
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