# checkmk-monitoring-plugins A collection of monitoring plugins for checkmk >= 2.0 ## running-kernel (Checkmk Agent local check) Compares the running kernel with the latest installed kernel on Debian based systems and will change state to WARN if a newer kernel version is installed and the system needs a reboot. #### Installation Just execute the following command to install the plugin on your machine to monitor: ``` wget -O /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/check_running_kernel https://github.com/bashclub/checkmk-monitoring-plugins/raw/main/running-kernel/check_running_kernel chmod +x /usr/lib/check_mk_agent/local/check_running_kernel ``` The check will be detected automatically by CheckMK Discovery. Author ### Thorsten Spille [](https://ko-fi.com/thorakel)