I use NixOS by the way. And today I'm going to show you how to operate a simple Icinga setup using that operating system. I.e. a single node with checks and notifications. In contrast to Icinga Web...
Using Icinga 2 on NixOS
I use NixOS by the way. And today I'm going to show you how to operate a simple Icinga setup using that operating system. I.e. a single node with checks and notifications. In contrast to Icinga Web...
Enhanced Icinga 2 Container Images
As some of you might have already noticed, we recently gave our official Icinga 2 container image builds a complete overhaul. These new images are currently available only as snapshot builds but will replace the existing stable images with the next Icinga 2 v2.16.0...
Extending Unit-Testing on Icinga2
Unit-Testing is important Obviously nobody is disagreeing with this. It's just that during ongoing development and while focusing on features and bug-fixes, testing often falls behind in priority, especially when developers would need to write tests for existing or...
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...
Icinga for Windows Preview: Visualize your Metrics!
It has been a while since we published some news regarding Icinga for Windows - that's why we would like to tell you one month ahead about a big change which follows with version 1.10 in August. The Long Journey Since the first release of Icinga for Windows including...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.9.0 – An Isolated Experience
Today we are happy to announce that we are releasing Icinga for Windows v1.9.0. This release cycle is the biggest one yet, because we are releasing new versions for everything! This includes Framework Basic Plugins MSSQL Plugins Hyper-V Plugins Cluster Plugins...
Icinga 2 IRC notifications. The complete guide
A few months ago I wrote about sending notifications to Rocket.Chat. While that messaging tool is quite powerful, one may also prefer to keep it simple. So let's also address the good old IRC. No test system? No problem! Setting up an IRC daemon is pretty easy:...
Replay Log in Distributed Icinga Environments
An essential part of a distributed monitoring environment with Icinga that includes master, satellite and agent nodes is the replay log functionality. The replay log is a built-in mechanism to ensure nodes in a distributed setup keep the same history e.g. check...
Icinga 2 Rocket.Chat notifications. The complete guide
About one year ago the NETWAYS colleagues showed you how to let Icinga 2 notify users through XMPP/Jabber. Now it's time to also cover the somewhat more fancy Rocket.Chat. No Rocket.Chat? No problem! Setting up a test system is pretty easy: Clone this Git repository...
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