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A regular Agent runs as a daemon resident on the target host to actively collect and push data; a Special Agent is not installed on the target host, but is instead invoked periodically by the Checkmk site to run a local script that pulls data through the target system's API; the service discovery mechanism first enumerates the check items that the Agent or Special Agent can actually report, and then the user confirms which ones to bring into monitoring.
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Relevance
11/1/2026
First Seen
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Checkmk in Practice: Managing an Entire Home Lab with Free Open-Source Monitoring
youtubeNetworkChuck10/12/2026
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