Today, we are announcing the release of Icinga 2 v2.16.1 which fixes an issue with some performance data writers. We have received a number of problem reports for v2.16.0 which could be traced back...
Icinga 2 v2.16.1 Bugfix Release
Today, we are announcing the release of Icinga 2 v2.16.1 which fixes an issue with some performance data writers. We have received a number of problem reports for v2.16.0 which could be traced back...
Tips and Tricks for Handling Secrets in Icinga 2
Today, we are going to look at a few things related to handling secrets. While Icinga 2 has no dedicated mechanisms for secret handling, there are a few tricks you can do with standard features. This is not meant as a step-by-step tutorial, but rather as an...
Announcing Icinga 2.16.0 and 2.15.3
We are happy to announce the release of two new versions of Icinga 2 today, 2.16.0 and 2.15.3. The first one includes some new features highlighted below, as well as a number of bug fixes and other improvements. The latter one is a small bug fix release that brings...
How the current OpenSSL vulnerabilities affect Icinga
Recently, OpenSSL published an advisory about two vulnerabilities, X.509 Email Address 4-byte Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-3602) and X.509 Email Address Variable Length Buffer Overflow (CVE-2022-3786). Depending on the operating system you are using, this may affect...
More reliable host and service history with Icinga DB
Today's blog post will give an insight into one of the many things that improved with Icinga DB: how host and service history is written to the database, both by the old IDO feature, as well as what has changed with Icinga DB and how this leads to more reliable...
Embedding Git Commit Information in Go Binaries
Embedding Git commit information in Go Binaries is essential for identifying exact software versions, especially when working with development builds. So it's good if software is able to tell you its version, for example by calling it with --version. For release...
Releasing Icinga 2.12.8
Today we are releasing Icinga 2.12.8. It addresses an issue with one of the fixes included in the 2.13.3 and 2.12.7 releases that was applied incorrectly in version 2.12.7. In addition, the bundled dependencies on Windows are updated to the latest available versions....
Releasing Icinga 2.13.3 and 2.12.7
Today we are happy to announce the release of Icinga 2.13.3 and 2.12.7. Quite a number of bug fixes accumulated since the last release, including fixes for multiple crashes. Most changes are included in both versions except for the changes related to Icinga DB. These...
Automatically Testing Icinga DB
In today's blog post, I want to present something related to Icinga DB that you most likely will not come in touch with as a regular user: some of the test cases we built for Icinga DB and the tooling created to support them. The Challenge Even though Icinga DB is a...
Installing Additional Modules in the Icinga Web 2 Docker Container
The Docker images we provide for both Icinga 2 and Icinga Web 2 already contain quite a number of modules. For example, the Icinga Web 2 image contains all the Web modules developed by us. But one of the main benefits of Icinga is extensibility, so you might want to...
Our Workflow for Security Releases using GitHub Security Advisories
We recently started using GitHub Security Advisories as part of our workflow for pushing out security releases. This post will give a brief introduction on how they work, how we use them, some of their limitations, and how we overcome them. We are still experimenting...
Debugging Filters and Apply Rules using the Script Debugger
Have you ever been in a situation where something in your Icinga configuration did not work as expected and you ended up doing small changes and reloading Icinga over and over again? This can be especially tricky with apply rules and filters if they don't match the...
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