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 
      
      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

      
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   2. For Checkmk 2.0 / 2.1
      
      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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