There are many ways to interact with the data that Icinga 2 collects, processes, and produces. The most common is probably Icinga Web, which displays checks in all the colors of a traffic light....
Icinga 2 Insights With Event Streams
There are many ways to interact with the data that Icinga 2 collects, processes, and produces. The most common is probably Icinga Web, which displays checks in all the colors of a traffic light....
Releasing Icinga Web v2.11.5 and 2.12.3, Icinga Director 1.10.4 and 1.11.4, Icinga Reporting 1.0.3
Update (2025-03-26 16:45:00 UTC) We released a hotfix release for Icinga Web 2.11 and 2.12 afterwards. Please install 2.11.6 and 2.12.4, respectively. -- Today we release three updates, each for an integral component of Icinga, which all close a total of five security...
SSL Certificate Monitoring and Management
SSL certificates are the foundation of secure communication on the web. They protect data integrity, enable encryption, and verify identities. But even a single expired certificate can cause outages, lost trust, and serious security risks. Effective SSL certificate...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.2.0
Today we are proud to announce the official release for Icinga for Windows v1.2.0! This includes v1.2.0 of the Icinga PowerShell Framework and v1.2.0 for the Icinga PowerShell Plugins. We collected plenty of feedback during the past months from our world-wide user...
How to make a data tree out of a rollup SQL query
For our Cube module we use the ROLLUP SQL query to fetch all data from the database and then make a tree data structure out of the given result. This is how we make it a lot easier to render cubes dynamically. What is ROLLUP? and how it works? The SQL ROLLUPÂ is a...
Create Custom Icinga Powershell Modules and Plugins
Today I will show you briefly how to build your own Powershell Modules/Plugins using icinga-powershell-framework. As you might know, we recently started writing plugins in Powershell that can be used to monitor windows-services in Icinga2 in a simple way. If you are...
Icinga Web Security Release: v2.6.4, v2.7.4 and v2.8.2
We're releasing today multiple minor versions of Icinga Web 2 to fix a security issue that has been reported recently. The vulnerability in question allows an attacker to access arbitrary files which are readable by the process running Icinga Web 2. It has been...
Icinga Docker Setup with Docker Compose: Step-by-Step Guide
Monitoring your infrastructure shouldn't be a hassle — with the official Docker images from Icinga, deploying and running your monitoring stack is easier and faster than ever. Whether you're setting up Icinga for the first time or deploying in a modern CI/CD pipeline,...
Icinga Web permissions and restrictions (how do they work, examples)
Permissions and restrictions are something used to control how much access is provided to a particular user or user group. Therefore one must first understand what is the role of a user or a group. Requirement: Icinga 2 and Icinga Web 2 installed. Hosts and services...
Icinga 2, Icinga Web 2 and Director Kickstart on CentOS 7
INTRODUCTION The easiest way to get started with Icinga is a single-node installation. If you are new to the Icinga world, here you have a kickstart for installing Icinga 2, Icinga Web 2 and Icinga Director on CentOS 7. With these steps you will have a ready Icinga...
Creating a host through the Icinga 2 API
Learning about the Icinga API can be an eye opening moment for some, and lead to a path of automation and configuration management. But where to start? Well, you can always check out the Icinga API documentation for that. But today, I have an idea for you - I’ll show...
Using Command Endpoint to execute Checks on Agents
Getting started using Icinga in a single node setup can already be quite a challenge for new users. Configuring checks on multiple nodes can seem at lot harder. With this blog post I will show you how easy it is to configure hosts and services in such an environment....
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