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 

      # please copy the bi config from target site to the remote site
      cp /omd/sites/at/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi.mk /omd/sites/bi1/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato
      # please change ownership of the file
      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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