Ever wondered how Icinga 2 manages all those variables, and how it knows which one to use? In this blog post, we will explore all the different variable scopes in Icinga 2, and by the end, you will...
Icinga 2 DSL – Variable Scopes
Ever wondered how Icinga 2 manages all those variables, and how it knows which one to use? In this blog post, we will explore all the different variable scopes in Icinga 2, and by the end, you will...
Uncovering a Client Certificate Verification Bypass in Icinga
This is a guest blogpost from Finn Steglich. As of Icinga 2 versions 2.14.3, 2.13.10, 2.12.11, and 2.11.12 from 12th November 2024, a critical security issue affecting Icinga 2 Masters, Satellites and Agents has been addressed. Now we'd like to release some more...
Icinga for Windows without an Icinga 2 agent
I've already dropped a hint at this topic in a previous post of mine which reflected the history of Icinga on Windows: Icinga 2.14 will be able to directly speak to the PowerShell daemon REST API without even fork(2) or exec(3) for a subprocess (...). In fact this...
The future of Icinga + Windows: Schrödinger’s agent?
I remember as if it was yesterday. I participated at the OSMC 2014 and watched Bernd's talk "Current state of Icinga". In the live demo Bernd has showed some of the new things we've built. One of them he introduced somewhat hesitantly IMHO: Now there is... not only...
How Tenacta Group uses Icinga
This is a blogpost from Livio Daina from Tenacta Group Tenacta Group is an Italian company with a portfolio of worldwide leading brands that share the same mission: to develop designs and technological innovations that will improve people's quality of life. We have...
The Tale of a Single Lock in Icinga 2
To speed up startup and reload times of Icinga 2, we have already put a lot of effort into improving the configuration load performance and still continue to do so for the next major release. In this blog post, I will share the story of one particular issue we found,...
Using ChatGPT + Icinga?
The news have been full of coverage: ChatGPT (Generative Pre-trained Transformer), the prototype chatbot released by OpenAI in November 2022 seems to hail in a new era of information sourcing, schooling and learning, and interacting with a computer. The service...
Docker: ARMed with PIes
More and more people use machines with the energy-efficient ARM chips. No wonder, after all the Raspberry Pi's processing power evolves which makes it more suitable for a wider range of use cases. For the power users there are the new 80 core servers with Ampere...
New Releases for Icinga 2, Icinga Web and Icinga DB Web available
We've been working on a bunch of minor releases lately. Today we're happy to announce new versions for Icinga 2, Icinga Web and the Icinga DB Web module. Check out the details below. Icinga 2 v2.13.6 Today we are releasing Icinga 2.13.6. The main focus is improved...
Icinga 2 Advanced Training – Monitoring redesigned
If you have some experience with Icinga 2 or you already visited the Icinga 2 Fundamentals training you are in the right place. I am about to give you a small introduction into Icinga 2 Advanced training, since I recently visited this training myself. I already...
Releasing Icinga 2.13.5
Today we are releasing Icinga 2.13.5. It addresses issues with 2.13.x-only changes such as logging startup messages to Windows event log or Icinga DB. In addition, the bundled dependencies on Windows are updated to the latest available versions. Changes Ensure...
Icinga Camp Berlin 2022
Our first Icinga Camp after 2019 now took place almost 3 years later and was an amazing event that took us right back in time. We tried to create an atmosphere where we could share our current state of things, introduce new features and have people who work with...
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