Checkmk RAW Edition - Docker Container Installation

These instructions show how to install and start the free RAW-edition on a Debian server.

Installation

The installation of Docker on a server is a requirement (see Docker installation on Debian 12).

Container (custom parameter)

Please note: We will provide the default password shortly so that you can log in right away. Otherwise, you may have trouble logging in. Please note that you have to change the following parameters:

• -p 8006:5000 (This is the port for accessing the Web-UI, default is usually 8080:5000)
• -p 8007:8000 (This is the port for the agent communication, default is usually 8000:8000)
• -e CMK_PASSWORD='relation' (The password for the Web-UI user cmkadmin is set here)
• -e MAIL_RELAY_HOST='mail.thomas-krenn.com' (Please state your mail server if it can be used as relay host)

root@js-checkmk-02:/home/tk#  docker container run -dit -p 8006:5000 -p 8007:8000 --tmpfs /opt/omd/sites/cmk/tmp:uid=1000,gid=1000 -v monitoring:/omd/sites --name monitoring -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime:ro -e CMK_PASSWORD='relation' -e MAIL_RELAY_HOST='mail.thomas-krenn.com' --restart always checkmk/check-mk-raw:2.2.0-latest

Unable to find image 'checkmk/check-mk-raw:2.2.0-latest' locally
2.2.0-latest: Pulling from checkmk/check-mk-raw
125a6e411906: Pull complete
1a8b24f9c661: Pull complete
e005a80d7504: Pull complete
727db143e9a5: Pull complete
1c9d1984857d: Pull complete
6261e32c9473: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:c75927b694b02fbd748c48f1aa9469964f3c003757ebbd01c17e21daaeb08b20
Status: Downloaded newer image for checkmk/check-mk-raw:2.2.0-latest
23a12948f6b3d3a8bb0ed1808a9e4aef6f4183509c14b34de8b84175e7a12a00

It is searched for the container image online, which will be downloaded. After that, the container will start immediately. You can verify with docker ps if everything has functioned:

root@js-checkmk-01:~# docker ps
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                               COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                             PORTS                                                                                            NAMES
756a5156e143   checkmk/check-mk-raw:2.2.0-latest   "/docker-entrypoint.…"   29 seconds ago   Up 28 seconds (health: starting)   6557/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8000->8000/tcp, :::8000->8000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:8080->5000/tcp, :::8080->5000/tcp   monitoring

Webinterface

You can test the Web-UI with http://IP-DES-DOCKER-SERVERS:8006. Here, we used custom port 8006.

Login data

You can log in using the following data in the login screen. Please note that the password is the one you set when you first started the container!

• User: cmkadmin
• Password: relation

Author: Jonas Sterr Jonas Sterr has been working for Thomas-Krenn for several years. Originally employed as a trainee in technical support and then in hosting (formerly Filoo), Mr. Sterr now mainly deals with the topics of storage (SDS / Huawei / Netapp), virtualization (VMware, Proxmox, HyperV) and network (switches, firewalls) in product management at Thomas-Krenn.AG in Freyung.

Translator: Alina Ranzinger Alina has been working at Thomas-Krenn.AG since 2024. After her training as multilingual business assistant, she got her job as assistant of the Product Management and is responsible for the translation of texts and for the organisation of the department.