enabled and fixed the errcheck linter rule

pkg/custompluginmonitor/plugin/plugin_test.go

@@ -103,7 +103,9 @@ func TestNewPluginRun(t *testing.T) {
 		utMeta := v
 		t.Run(desp, func(t *testing.T) {
 			conf := cpmtypes.CustomPluginConfig{}
-			(&conf).ApplyConfiguration()
+			if err := (&conf).ApplyConfiguration(); err != nil {
+				t.Errorf("Failed to apply configuration: %v", err)
+			}
 			p := Plugin{config: conf}
 			gotExitStatus, gotOutput := p.run(utMeta.Rule)
 			// cut at position max_output_length if expected output is longer than max_output_length bytes

pkg/custompluginmonitor/types/config_test.go

@@ -219,7 +219,9 @@ func TestCustomPluginConfigApplyConfiguration(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 
 	for desp, utMeta := range utMetas {
-		(&utMeta.Orig).ApplyConfiguration()
+		if err := (&utMeta.Orig).ApplyConfiguration(); err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Error in apply configuration for %q: %v", desp, err)
+		}
 		if !reflect.DeepEqual(utMeta.Orig, utMeta.Wanted) {
 			t.Errorf("Error in apply configuration for %q", desp)
 			t.Errorf("Wanted: %+v. \nGot: %+v", utMeta.Wanted, utMeta.Orig)