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...
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...
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...
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...
Security Updates for Icinga Director
Icinga has published a total of five updates yesterday for Icinga Director and one of its dependencies, the incubator module. Their main purpose is to fix two Cross-Site-Request-Forgery (CSRF) vulnerabilities. We treat them with a very high criticality and advice to...
Unleashing the Potential of SVGs: A Guide to Dynamic Visualization and Monitoring
Introduction In the dynamic realm of monitoring Kubernetes clusters, effective visualization is paramount for gaining insights into system health and performance. One versatile tool that has gained prominence in this domain is Scalable Vector Graphics (SVGs). In this...
Analyzing configuration problems with Icinga 2
Today, I want to showcase an old, but still very useful, tool when it comes to analyzing and debugging an Icinga 2 configuration: the icinga2 object list command. It can be helpful in a variety of situations, for example when you want to verify that a config change...
Releasing Icinga v2.14.2
Version 2.14.2 is a hotfix release for master nodes that mainly fixes excessive disk usage caused by the InfluxDB writers. Icinga 2.14.0 introduced a change to the InfluxDB Writer that resulted in InfluxDB storing the data less efficiently. This release restores the...
Icinga DB Web migration made easier
For users using monitoring module, migrating their custom dashboards, navigation items and permissions and restrictions to Icinga DB Web has been made easier with the recent Icinga DB Web release (v1.1.1) through its migrate command. Once Icinga DB Web has been...
Top 3 Icinga Components You Can’t Ignore
Monitoring your systems is like having a superhero keeping an eye on your digital realm. And when it comes to superheroes in the world of monitoring, Icinga takes center stage. But did you know that Icinga becomes even mightier with the help of components? In this...
Critical hotfix releases: Icinga 2.14.1 and 2.13.9
Imagine you've installed Icinga 2.0.0 on 2014-06-06, the day it was released. You've tested its features, over the time we've added more of them and by now your test cluster went in production. An Icinga cluster operates on TLS which involves a root CA, typically...
IPL: How to use ipl-web
In my ongoing blogpost series about the Icinga PHP library, I am briefly explaining what the individual components of this library do and how easily you can use them in your project. In my previous blog post, i already covered the ipl-html and explained how easy it is...
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