This is a guest blogpost by Adam Sweet from the Icinga Partner Transitiv Technologies. Since this is a longer post, we added a tl;dr at the end. For many, host and application monitoring is an...
How To Pick The Correct Metrics For Your Monitoring
This is a guest blogpost by Adam Sweet from the Icinga Partner Transitiv Technologies. Since this is a longer post, we added a tl;dr at the end. For many, host and application monitoring is an...
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. Icinga 2 also comes with several metrics or performance data writers. But...
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...
Setting up Graphite from Scratch on Icinga Web 2
Introduction In this post, I will show you how easy you can integrate Graphite with Icinga Web 2. I assume you have a Icinga 2 ready with Icinga Web 2 Server running, and you have an additional Linux Server where you will install Graphite. It's recommended to have...
How to set up High-Availability Masters
When getting started with Icinga 2, a single master instance is often sufficient. However, if your monitoring is business-critical, you’ll need to set up High-Availability Masters to ensure redundancy and stability. This post will guide you through the process of...
Exporting Data from Icinga Web 2
Today we will talk about exporting data (such as hosts and services) from Icinga Web 2 into various formats. Exporting From the UI You have probably already seen the drop-down in the upper left corner of a list? If you hover there with your mouse or focus it by...
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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