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Problem

You receive error messages like the following.

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Fetcher for host "$HOST" times out after X seconds

Background

Read this section about helper processes in Checkmk, to understand the following.

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Sometimes a plugin needs a very long time to provide data or will not provide data at all.
Depending on your Microcore timeout - which defaults to 60 seconds - you reach the timeout and receive the error message from above.

Solution

Find possible solutions below, based on the possible problem.

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