RCC in the CMK Root Agent - the Details
What you need to watch out for when you build RCC environments with a root agent on Linux.
Blog
Synthetic Monitoring brings together two worlds that have long been unfamiliar with each other: Checkmk and Robot Framework.
This is exactly where I work — and I write here about what I learn in the process.
Accessible Name selectors: Match less, hit reliably
What you should bear in mind when using Accessible Names as selectors. Insights from practice - Part 2
Don’t just copy, understand: robust selectors for web testing
Why copied selectors are short-lived – and how the 'Accessible Name' makes your tests more robust (and finds accessibility bugs along the way)
Try out the Robot Framework MCP server without any installation
How to try out the MCP server for Robot Framework in the Robotmk Starter Lab.
Robotmk Starter: Get Started Right Away with Synthetic Monitoring
No more flying blind: Ready-to-use, CI-tested Robot Framework suites as a starting point for successful synthetic monitoring in Checkmk.
CryptoLibrary: Securely Storing Credentials in Robot Code
How to protect sensitive data in your Robot Framework tests using the CryptoLibrary.
Robotmk and RCC-Environments in air-gapped environments
How to prepare RCC environments and transfer them to isolated test hosts via ZIP archive.
The 'Helsinki-Shortcut' for VS Code
How you can get your Robot Framework tests written in record time
RoboCon 2026 - Recap (Fri, Conference day 2)
This is Part 3 of the three-part review of RoboCon 2026 in Helsinki.
RoboCon 2026 - Recap (Thu, Conference day 1)
This is Part 2 of the three-part review of RoboCon 2026 in Helsinki.
RoboCon 2026 - Recap (Workshop & Community day)
While waiting for my return flight at the airport, laptop on my knees and still filled with impressions from RoboCon 2026, I began sorting …
Robotmk v2 quick start
Integrate the first RobotFramework test with Robotmk v2 in Checkmk step by step.
My Personal WROBOCON 2025 Recap
WROBOCON is the ‘little sister’ of the well-known annual Robocon in Helsinki, but it certainly has nothing to hide. On the contrary: with …
Game Changer: Secret Variables!
Security by Design
Save the date: WROBOCON 2025
Why you should not miss this event
RCC Troubleshooting
RCC is the command line tool used to build Python environments for the Robotmk Framework. The practical advantage of this is that it can be …
RoboCon 2025 Helsinki Recap
RoboCon 2025 is behind me - four days full of exciting presentations, inspiring talks and new ideas. Now, back home, I’m sorting …
RoboCon 2025 Day1: New Impulses on Unconference Day
The RoboCon week traditionally starts with the “Unconference Day ” - a day on which the Robot Framework community freely organizes …
Robocon 25: Let's go to Helsinki! ✈️
Munich Airport, Terminal 2, Gate K10 – I use the time before my flight to study the agenda for Robocon 2025 in more detail. 👉 This …
🔔 Robotmk On Air: Recording for the Checkmk Youtube Channel
The sunny spring weather actually invited us to spend the day outdoors, but Animesh and I persevered: a day of recording 🎙️ 🎥 in the Checkmk …
🔔 Robotmk v2 is out!
Today the time has come: Checkmk 2.3 was released and my “baby” Robotmk is now an integral part of this great monitoring system …
Effortless Python Environments in Robotmk with RCC
All you need to know about RCC, the 'virtualenv on steroids'
Edge detection for the ImageHorizonLibrary
Which problems can arise of image recognition within ImageHorizonLibrary - and how we solved it.
