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Did you download our 30 days trial edition? Perfect! This checklist will guide you through some basic tasks of Checkmk.

• Ports used by Checkmk
• Sizing: Sizing is flexible, but to get started we recommend 4 cores, 8 GB RAM and 50 GB storage
  
• Security — Additional safeguarding for Checkmk

1. What is included in this episode?
   •  Download Checkmk
   •  Install Checkmk
   •  Create a Checkmk Site
   •  Install the Checkmk Agent (Linux)
     •  Monitoring Linux — The new agent for Linux in detail
     •  TLS Registration
   •  Add a host into Checkmk
     
     
2. Monitoring Windows
   •  Monitoring Windows in Checkmk
     •  Install the Windows Agent
     •  TLS Registration
       
       
3. Monitoring SNMP Devices
   •  Using SNMP to monitor network devices
   •  Monitoring via SNMP — Monitoring of SNMP devices with Checkmk
   •  Debugging SNMP
   •  Network Monitoring with Checkmk: 3 rules to rule them all
     
     
4. Agent Bakery
   •  Automatic agent updates — Distribute agents and plug-ins automatically
   •  Episode 32: Working with the Agent bakery in Checkmk
     
     
5. Push agent for CCE/CME
   •  Working with the Push mode of the Checkmk agent

•  Managing Hosts in Folder in Checkmk
•  Best practices for organizing folders in Checkmk | #CMKduo Episode 2
•  Host structuring

•  Introduction to different types of checks for monitoring with Checkmk
  
  
•  Active checks 
  •  Ping Check
  •  Monitoring websites and their certificates with Checkmk
    
    
•  Special agents
  •  Cloud
    •  https://checkmk.com/guides/cloud-monitoring
    •  AWS
    •  Azure
    •  GCP
  •  Vcenter
  •  Dynamic Host Management
    •  Dynamic host configuration — Managing dynamic infrastructures
  •  Troubleshooting a special agent
    •  Datasource programs — Monitoring devices without access to an operating system
    •  https://checkmk.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/KB/pages/9473285/Special+Agents 

•  Users, roles, and permissions — User and authorization configuration 
•  Configuring SAML authentication in Checkmk

•  Setting up notifications in Checkmk
•  Notifications — via Email, SMS, ticket system and more

•  Distributed monitoring with Checkmk
•  Distributed monitoring — Scaling and distributing Checkmk

•  Monitoring SQL databases with Checkmk
•  Monitoring a remote Oracle database with Checkmk
•  Monitoring Oracle databases with Checkmk
•  Database Monitoring with Checkmk

•  BI
  •  https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/intro_extend.html#bi 
  •  https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/bi.html
  •  https://checkmk.com/webinars/demand/maximizing-the-value-of-bi-on-demand
  •  https://checkmk.atlassian.net/wiki/label/KB/business_intelligence
    
    
•  Views and dashboards
  •  https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/views.html
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  •  https://docs.checkmk.com/latest/en/dashboards.html

•  MKPs
  •  MKPs and Plug-ins in Checkmk
  •  MKPs for GUI extensions — Checkmk extensions packages for dashboards, views, reports
  •  MKPs for GUI extensions — Checkmk extensions packages for dashboards, views, reports
    
    
•  Local checks
  •  Local checks
    
    
•  Custom development
  •  Writing agent-based check plug-ins
  •  Integration of Nagios Plugins
    •  Monitoring Linux — The new agent for Linux in detail
    •  Monitoring Windows — The new agent for Windows in detail
    •  Monitoring network services (Active checks) — Monitoring of HTTPS, TCP, SSH, FTP and further services 

•  Best practices for organizing folders in Checkmk | #CMKduo Episode 2
•  Monitoring with SNMP: Troubleshooting in God Mode | Checkmk
•  Best practices, tips & tricks
•  Working with rules and setting thresholds in Checkmk
•  https://checkmk.com/blog/network-monitoring-with-checkmk-2-0