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...
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...
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...
Nagios Alternatives: Why Icinga Is the Strongest Choice
Introduction Nagios has long been a trusted name in IT monitoring. Its plugin-based architecture and long-standing community have made it a stable choice for organizations of all sizes. However, IT infrastructures have changed dramatically in the last decade. With...
Enhanced Icinga 2 Container Images
As some of you might have already noticed, we recently gave our official Icinga 2 container image builds a complete overhaul. These new images are currently available only as snapshot builds but will replace the existing stable images with the next Icinga 2 v2.16.0...
How to check CPU usage on Linux
When your Linux system feels sluggish, one of the first things to investigate is the CPU usage. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) is the brain of your machine, and if it’s overloaded, everything else slows down. In this guide, you’ll learn different ways to Linux...
What is SNMP Trap: Real-Time Alerts for Network Monitoring
Why wait for the next poll? An SNMP trap is a real-time alert sent from a device to a monitoring system, without waiting for polling. Ever had a router die silently at 3 AM while your monitoring system was still polling away every 5 minutes? Yeah… not fun. That’s...
Icinga Experience: Insights from Real-World Icinga Deployments Across Industries
Introduction Modern IT environments are hybrid, distributed, and constantly growing. To keep them reliable, organizations rely on monitoring that scales, automates, and integrates seamlessly into existing workflows. We collected 24 Icinga customer stories from...
Upgrade your monitoring lists with icon images
Recently I was importing an Icinga configuration for testing purposes. Working with this configuration, I found that there were icon images assigned to the objects. Sadly, those didn’t display, because I didn’t have the icon set installed. So I thought of creating my...
Targeting hosts and services in Icinga 2 API requests
Today, we are going to take a look at the Icinga 2 API and the various ways targets can be specified for different actions, such as querying information or scheduling downtimes. This post focuses on the API request payloads themselves and assumes some familiarity with...
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, especially when developers would need to write tests for existing or...
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,...
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