Most form fields ask users for a single value like a name, an email, or a date. But some need a list of values. A plain text input with comma-separated values can technically do the job, but it...
IPL: How to use the ipl-web TermInput
Most form fields ask users for a single value like a name, an email, or a date. But some need a list of values. A plain text input with comma-separated values can technically do the job, but it...
Icinga 2 v2.16.1 Bugfix Release
Today, we are announcing the release of Icinga 2 v2.16.1 which fixes an issue with some performance data writers. We have received a number of problem reports for v2.16.0 which could be traced back to some rework of the writers we did in that version. These issues can...
How to Create Your Own Plugins and Check Commands in Icinga 2
If you've been using Icinga 2 for a while, you probably know the built-in checks cover a lot of ground: disk space, CPU, memory, ping. But sooner or later you'll run into something specific to your setup that no existing plugin handles. That's where writing your own...
Icinga Certification is out!
The Icinga certification is a topic some of you have been waiting for impatiently. Some got a glimpse at it already at the Icinga Summit. Some of you might have never heard of it before. This is your opportunity to prove your skills and take the next step in your...
What a Cloud Monitoring Architecture looks like
In today's fast-paced, digitally-driven business world, cloud computing has become the foundation of scalable and flexible IT infrastructure. As organizations transition to the cloud to gain agility, scalability, and cost savings, it becomes crucial to monitor cloud...
Icinga Notifications: Incidents, Escalations, and Event Rules – How to Manage Alerts Effectively
Following the Icinga Notifications beta announcement, we already had a more general post on how to get started and one going into the details of schedules. This week's blog post is a follow up in this series and will describe incidents, escalations, and event rules in...
Multi Element Selection in Icinga DB Web
From time to time we want to bring not so widely known features of Icinga into spotlight. In this effort it’s a not so obvious feature, that was available in the monitoring module of Icinga Web 2 at some point already. It has also been available in Icinga DB Web since...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.13.0-Beta1
Today we are very happy to announce the first beta release of Icinga for Windows with version 1.13.0.0! This new release provides a huge number of improvements and changes to the Framework as well as the default Windows Plugins, which we will talk about later on. Why...
Icinga Director: Cloning dictionary row entries for objects from import sources
Over use of dictionaries in monitoring leads to complex and ugly configurations. This in turn makes monitoring complicated. Hence, it is advisable to use it, only if it is needed or in special cases. Even in these cases it is worthwhile to keep it simple. On that...
Icinga Package Repository Key Rotation, 2024
Icinga uses it's own repositories to distribute installation packages for the Icinga software. Today, we're announcing the rotation of the GPG key used to sign our repositories and packages. Currently, our repository is signed with a 1024 bit DSA key. Key rotation is...
Visualise your Icinga Cluster with Clustergraph
This is a guest blogpost from Dave Kempe from Sol1 At Sol1, we provide services around scaling and automating Icinga rollouts for customers. In large environments, we make heavy use of the excellent distributed monitoring features of Icinga to build redundant clusters...
Icinga Notifications Web: Schedule configuration
A few weeks ago, we released the first beta version of the Icinga Notifications Web module. The Configuration tab provides the option to create schedules that can be used as recipients for notifications. What is a Schedule and how does it work? A schedule is a...
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