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,...
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,...
Mastering Service Configuration in Icinga Director
The Icinga Director configuration tool makes it easy to define monitoring objects through the web UI and deploy them to the Icinga 2 API. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through how to configure services in Icinga Director. If you haven't used Icinga Director yet,...
Icinga DB Web Automation
Icinga DB Web Automation allows you to automate monitoring tasks and integrate them directly into your systems and workflows. It is possible to issue command actions without a browser. To do so, a form needs to be submitted by a tool such as cUrl. Every request you...
Monitoring the Unknown in the Service Manager
Nearly every operating system comes with at least one kind of service management. On a Unix-based operating system, this is historically part of the init system. While the specific tools have matured over time and there are changes between operating systems, they are...
Tutorial Videos on How to write your own Icinga Web module on YouTube!
Have you ever wanted to extend the functionality of Icinga Web to suit your specific needs, but didn't know where to start? Well, you're in luck! Last week, we released a series of tutorial videos on YouTube, hosted by Markus Opolka, Senior Consultant at NETWAYS,...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.12.0
It has been a long time since our last release, but today it is finally time to release Icinga for Windows v1.12.0! We made some huge improvements to certain areas of Icinga for Windows, which we are going to talk about. Eventlog Memory-Leak goes Bye-Bye One of the...
Inviting you to the Open Source Camp on Kubernetes in Nuremberg
We at Icinga are proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Open Source Camp on Kubernetes, a groundbreaking community event that brings together professionals and enthusiasts to explore the latest developments in Kubernetes deployment in enterprise environments. What's it...
Icinga for Kubernetes – How to Monitor Your Containers Effectively
Some time ago, we started research and development efforts to create components for Icinga aimed at monitoring Kubernetes environments. Over the past months, we have gained valuable insights into the platform and how we can monitor Kubernetes with Icinga efficiently....
Unmasking SVG Injection: Behind the Scenes of Web Graphics
Have you ever admired those cool graphics on the web? They look nice but can be the wolf in sheep's clothing. In this post you will learn about SVG injections and how to avoid them. What is SVG? Before we get into the topic of SVG injection, let's understand SVG...
Icinga 2 API and debug console
Have you ever experienced configuration issues, such as notifications not being sent as expected or apply rules not matching all expected objects, probably due to an incorrectly set custom variable? Icinga 2 has several options to assist you in such situations. Last...
Introducing our new Roadmap Page
Hey there, fellow open-source enthusiasts! At Icinga, we've always been committed to transparency, community engagement, and continuous improvement. That's why we're excited to introduce a new page on our website that will provide you with insights into the future...
Server-Sent Events: An Overlooked Browser Feature
In an ever growing world of libraries, frameworks and content packagers, we tend to loose the focus on already available native technology, which comes shipped with tools that we use on a daily basis. One such feature goes by the name of Server-Sent Events and it has...
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