How-to force a network scan

Owned by Anastasios Thomaidis
Last updated: Dec 11, 2023 by Matthew Hierholzer
1 min read
You can manually trigger a network scan by using the following procedure.

LAST TESTED ON CHECKMK 2.0.0P1

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Step-by-step guide

  1. As a site-user, go to ~/etc/check_mk/conf.d/wato/<path_to_your_folder>

  2. Open the file ".wato" in an editor

  3. Replace the last scan result

    'network_scan_result': {'start': 1633511941.0, 'end': 1633511947.0, 'state': True, 'output': 'The network scan found 2 new hosts.'},


    With an empty dictionary like this

    'network_scan_result': {},

    .

  4. The scan should be then triggered in the next 60 seconds