Get Started with Icinga
Get going with your full-stack enterprise-ready monitoring solution. Follow the installation course below for a stressless start with Icinga. Visit our online demo for a first impression of the Icinga Stack or download Icinga directly.
Installation Course
Follow this course to set up your very own, self-hosted monitoring system. At the end you will be able to monitor your servers, networks and applications and receive alerts via email.
Follow the Icinga Installation Walkthrough
Monitoring Basics
New to Monitoring? Learn about our Monitoring Basics to get familiar with the subject in general and the Icinga way of monitoring.
How it Works
Icinga consists of multiple components, each responsible for different aspects of monitoring and management. This setup will give you a complete Icinga environment in one place, perfect for getting started quickly.
Recommended Resources
For an easy start we recommend at least 2 GB of RAM, 2 or more cores, Ubuntu for the operating system, an Apache web server and MySQL as a database.
Install Icinga 2
You need Icinga 2 to collect the data to monitor your infrastructure. Follow the Icinga 2 installation instructions and learn how to run it and connect it to your database.
Install Icinga Web
Next you install Icinga Web. Use Icinga Web to display the monitoring information in a clean and fast web interface. In the Icinga Web installation instructions you learn how to kickstart it.
Basics are all set!
Here’s how you can extend Icinga to use it to its full capacities:
Director
Manage your monitoring configuration through the web interface and automate it. Install the Icinga Director
Modules
Extend Icinga with custom views, reports, business processes and more features. View all Icinga Modules
Plugins
Search through thousands of plugins that you can use to monitor your entire infrastructure. Explore Icinga Exchange
Your Icinga Stack
Your Icinga Stack is up and running! Plan your next big steps with Icinga – learn how to scale your setup in our Distributed Monitoring guide.
Recommendations
CentOS, 2GB RAM, 2 Cores, Apache Webserver and MySQL.
Install Icinga 2
Follow the Icinga 2 installation instructions to learn how to run Icinga 2.
Install Icinga Web
In the Icinga Web installation instructions we show you how to kickstart Icinga Web.
Basics are all set!
Here’s how you can extend Icinga to use it to it’s full capacities:
Director
Install the Icinga Director
Modules
View all Icinga Modules
Plugins
Explore Icinga Exchange
Your Icinga Stack
Your Icinga Stack is up and running! Plan your next big steps with Icinga – learn how to scale your setup in our Distributed Monitoring guide.
Get Help
Sometimes it’s just a missing bracket in your config – an extra pair of eyes will surely help! Get in touch with us and the community to figure things out.