This is a guest blogpost by Adam Sweet from the Icinga Partner Transitiv Technologies. Since this is a longer post, we added a tl;dr at the end. For many, host and application monitoring is an...

How To Pick The Correct Metrics For Your Monitoring
This is a guest blogpost by Adam Sweet from the Icinga Partner Transitiv Technologies. Since this is a longer post, we added a tl;dr at the end. For many, host and application monitoring is an...

Monitor Microservices Effectively: A Practical Guide
Contents What Is Microservice Monitoring? Why Monitoring Microservices Is Different – and What It Means for You Key Metrics and Signals You Should Track Best Practices for Monitoring Microservices Monitoring Tools for Microservices: What to Look For Microservice...

Automation: Data processing of imported data using property modifiers in Icinga Director
The raw data imported from the external sources (CSV, SQL, REST API, LDAP, etc.) is usually not in the right format. Hence, they have to be processed or converted before they are used to modify objects using synchronization rules. To do this, Icinga Director provides...
Icinga 2 API and debug console
Have you ever experienced configuration issues, such as notifications not being sent as expected or apply rules not matching all expected objects, probably due to an incorrectly set custom variable? Icinga 2 has several options to assist you in such situations. Last...
Introducing our new Roadmap Page
Hey there, fellow open-source enthusiasts! At Icinga, we've always been committed to transparency, community engagement, and continuous improvement. That's why we're excited to introduce a new page on our website that will provide you with insights into the future...
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...

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