Checkmk 2.1 and Secure VMware Monitoring

This video explains the Monitoring of VMware servers using Checkmk 2.1. It especially covers the secure monitoring using SSL certificate checking and the piggyback mechanism.

0:00 Intro
0:31 Create the dedicated checkmk user in vmware
1:33 Create a folder for vmware
2:00 VMware API rule
2:20 Password store
3:26 Disable certficate checking
5:00 Add esx host
5:48 Enforce SSL certificate checking
7:25 Retrieve CA certificate from esx
8:00 Add certificate to Checkmk
9:33 Piggyback
12:16 Piggyback files on the filesystem
13:23 Checkmk Agent and Piggyback
14:30 Hostname translation for piggyback
19:58 Finish

[slakk]

i gave up, thanks for the video though. I followed along but using vCentre vs Esxi. vCentre just wont display any of the services in checkMK