Getting Started

Background information regarding this subject is available in our Official documentation

Checkmk 1.6

SCP the BI config from the target site to the remote site.

OMD[centralsite]:~$ scp /omd/sites/centralsite/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi.mk siteuser@remotesite:/omd/sites/remotesite/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/

.

Change the ownership of the file.

OMD[remotesite]:~$ chown remotesite:remotesite ~/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi.mk

.

Remove the BI Cache directory.

OMD[remotesite]:~$ rm -r ~/tmp/check_mk/bi_cache

.

Reload the site
```
OMD[remotesite]:~$ cmk -O
```

Checkmk 2.0 and above

SCP the BI config from the central site to the remote site

OMD[centralsite]:~$ scp /omd/sites/centralsite/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi_config.bi siteuser@remotesite:/omd/sites/remotesite/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/

.

Change ownership of the file.

OMD[remotesite]:~$ chown remotesite:remotesite ~/etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/bi_config.bi

.

Remove the BI Cache directory.

OMD[remotesite]:~$ rm -r ~/tmp/check_mk/bi_cache

.

Reload the site
```
OMD[remotesite]:~$ cmk -O
```

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