Problem
Users and customers sometimes get confused with the terms used to describe the Checkmk software and the Checkmk appliance.
This article does not cover the editions of the Checkmk software!
Solution
There is two entirely different topics: The Checkmk appliance and the Checkmk software. Read on for the disambiguation of them.
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-savy.
Checkmk Software
The Checkmk software itself is the monitoring system you use most of the day. It can be installed on all major Linux distributions as well as on the Checkmk Appliance.
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