Copy BI Config to remote site

How to copy your local BI structure to a remote site:

1. You need to copy/move your hosts to the remote site if you want to use them there
   
   
2. Copy the bi config

   1. For Checkmk 1.6 
      
      Copy the bi config from the target site to the remote site.
      

      OMD[mysite]:~$ cp /omd/sites/at/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi.mk /omd/sites/bi1/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato

      
      Change the ownership of the file.
      

      OMD[mysite]:~$ chown mysite:mysite bi1. bi.mk

      
      

      # please copy the bi config from target site to the remote site
      
      # please 
      chown bi1. bi.mk
      # please remove the BI Cache directory
      rm -r ~/tmp/check_mk/bi_cache
      # Reload the site
      OMD[bi1]:~$ cmk -O

   2. For Checkmk 2.0 / 2.1

      # please copy the bi config from target site to the remote site
      cp /omd/sites/at/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi_config.bi /omd/sites/bi1/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato
      # please change ownership of the file
      chown bi1. bi_config.bi
      # please remove the BI Cache directory
      rm -r ~/tmp/check_mk/bi_cache
      # Reload the site
      OMD[bi1]:~$ cmk -O

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