Icinga Director 1.12 is out now. Icinga Director 1.12.0 finally gives custom variables full support for dictionaries, fixes a long standing bug that broke user group restores, and raises the...
Icinga Director 1.12 Release
Icinga Director 1.12 is out now. Icinga Director 1.12.0 finally gives custom variables full support for dictionaries, fixes a long standing bug that broke user group restores, and raises the...
Icinga vs Checkmk: Setup, Cost, Flexibility and Support
Icinga and Checkmk are the two open-source monitoring tools that turn up most often on the same shortlist. Both monitor IT infrastructure, and on a feature list they look close to interchangeable. In practice they are built on different assumptions, and those...
Using writable bind mounts with Icinga 2 in rootless Podman
Running Icinga 2 in a rootless Podman container is pretty straightforward, it works just the same as on Docker, so all the examples on our Docker Hub page work as expected. For example this one to generate certificates and initialize the master configuration: podman...
Building a Shared Icon and Font Library for Icinga Web
If you've copied the same icon font or the same LESS helper into two or three Icinga Web modules, you've hit the problem libraries exist to solve. This guide builds one from scratch: a small, self-contained icon and font pack that any number of modules can share, with...
Icinga TOTP Web 1.0.0 Release
We are releasing Icinga TOTP Web v1.0.0, which adds Time-based One-Time Password (TOTP) two-factor authentication to Icinga Web. What Is Icinga TOTP Web? Icinga Web's authentication system supports multiple backends, but until now it lacked a built-in second factor....
Two Days Away From the Keyboard: Our Team Event Recap
Once a year, the Icinga team goes for a team event somewhere about an hour or two away from the office. This year's edition landed us at the Adventure Campus in Treuchtlichen, right in the middle of this year's first heatwave. The heat was unbearable. At one point we...
Icinga Web 2.14, Security Releases, and Module Updates
We are shipping a new batch of Icinga Web ecosystem releases today. Icinga Web 2.14 is the headline, bringing the baseline for two-factor authentication support, configurable password policies, a configurable Content Security Policy, and a round of developer tooling...
Releasing Icinga 2 v2.16.3, 2.15.5, and 2.14.10
Shortly after releasing the recent security updates for Icinga 2, we have received reports that these contained an unpleasant surprise for anyone using the Json.decode() function in their configuration. For one of the security fixes, out internal C++ JsonDecode()...
What It Really Takes to Become an Icinga Partner
Becoming an Icinga partner means building a genuine open-source monitoring practice - not signing up for a lead-referral program. That distinction shapes everything else about how the partnership with us works. When companies reach out to explore an Icinga...
Releasing Icinga 2 v2.16.2, 2.15.4 and 2.14.9
Today, we are releasing security updates for Icinga 2 fixing multiple security issues. Users are advised to upgrade immediately, as two of them allow an unauthenticated attacker to take over or crash the Icinga 2 process over the network. The other security fixes only...
Icinga Director, vSphere® Integration, and SSO: New Releases Available
This release roundup brings together Icinga Web SSO v1.0.0, Icinga Director v1.11.9, and Icinga vSphere® Integration v1.8.4. It introduces OpenID Connect single sign-on for Icinga Web and includes compatibility updates for the upcoming Icinga PHP Library 1.0.0...
Icinga 2 Security Update Preannouncement
The Icinga team would like to announce the forthcoming releases of Icinga 2 versions 2.16.2, 2.15.4, and 2.14.9. These releases will be made available on Monday 29th June 2026 between 12:00 and 14:00 UTC. These Icinga 2 releases will be security-fix releases...
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