Introduction Icinga 2 makes heavy use of Boost.Coroutine2 in our network code, which are stackful coroutines that are designed to work well with the IO operations from Boost.Asio. This has proven to...
Exploring C++20 Coroutines: A Practical Look at Stackless Coroutines vs Boost.Coroutine2
Introduction Icinga 2 makes heavy use of Boost.Coroutine2 in our network code, which are stackful coroutines that are designed to work well with the IO operations from Boost.Asio. This has proven to...
Monitor One Icinga 2 Cluster From Another
Icinga is designed to be a highly dynamic monitoring software that can monitor your setup, regardless of its architecture. While most setups are hierarchical and fit well into the master, satellites, and agents scheme with different zones, it is sometimes impractical...
Drowning in Alert Fatigue? How to Regain Control of Your Monitoring
Introduction: Why Alert Fatigue Hits Sysadmins Sooner or Later If you’ve ever muted your phone during a maintenance window, only to miss a real outage an hour later, you’re not alone. Sysadmins on Reddit and beyond often describe feeling like they’re drowning in...
Releasing Icinga DB 1.2.0 and Icinga DB Web 1.1.2
We are excited to release two new versions today: Icinga DB v1.2.0 and Icinga DB Web v1.1.2. Icinga DB This release addresses multiple issues related to fault recoveries, with a particular focus on retryable database errors that may occur when using Icinga DB with...
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...
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