How-to enable Pretty-print configuration files

Owned by Anastasios Thomaidis
Last updated: Oct 15, 2024 by Matthew Hierholzer
With this setting, most configuration files are pretty-printed and easier to read.

LAST TESTED ON CHECKMK 2.3.0P1

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Step-by-step guide

  1. Setup → General → Global Settings → Search for "pretty-print"
    Screenshot of global settings searching for pretty-print. This displays two options available. Rules and configuration files.

  2. Toggle at least the "Pretty-Print configuration files" to on!


The next time you save a configuration in Checkmk, the file will be more readable.

OMD[mysite]:~$ cat etc/check_mk/multisite.d/wato/roles.mk 
# Written by Checkmk store

roles.update({'admin': {'alias': 'Administrator',
           'builtin': True,
           'permissions': {'wato.random_hosts': True}},
 'agent': {'alias': 'agent', 'builtin': True, 'permissions': {}},
 'guest': {'alias': 'Guest user', 'builtin': True, 'permissions': {}},
 'user': {'alias': 'Normal monitoring user',
          'builtin': True,
          'permissions': {}},
 'userx': {'alias': 'Normal monitoring user (copy)',
           'basedon': 'user',
           'builtin': False,
           'permissions': {'wato.automation': True, 'wato.sites': True}}})