No More Expiration Emails – What Now SSL/TLS certificates are critical for secure communication, and keeping track of their expiration is essential. Until now, Let’s Encrypt has sent email...
Let’s Encrypt Stops Expiration Emails – How to Ensure Your Certificates Stay Valid with SSL Certificate Monitoring
No More Expiration Emails – What Now SSL/TLS certificates are critical for secure communication, and keeping track of their expiration is essential. Until now, Let’s Encrypt has sent email...
Turns any command into a plugin: check_rungrep
Imagine you have one more special thing to monitor. While our Icinga 2 can observe infrastructure of almost any size, it still needs a plugin for each kind of check. Unfortunately not every command meets the monitoring plugin API: exit code 0-3 (ok, warning, critical,...
Managing Multiple Service Instances with a Systemd Generator
When working with systemd services in Linux, you might encounter situations where multiple instances of a service need to be managed dynamically. When I had to develop a solution to monitor multiple Kubernetes clusters with Icinga for Kubernetes, I ran into exactly...
Releasing Icinga Business Process Modelling v2.5.1
We’ve just released Icinga Business Process Modelling v2.5.1, and it comes with a few valuable updates and fixes to make modelling your infrastructure even smoother. With Business Process Modelling, you can combine multiple monitoring checks into logical units –...
Releasing Icinga Cube 1.3.3
We present you the tiniest but very important Icinga DB Web related bugfix release (v1.3.3)! If you had an issue with the module crashing, when certain hosts were in an unreachable state, you will be happy to hear that this bug has been fixed. Icinga DB Web (since...
Releasing Icinga DB 1.2.0 and Icinga DB Web 1.1.2
We are excited to release two new versions today: Icinga DB v1.2.0 and Icinga DB Web v1.1.2. Icinga DB This release addresses multiple issues related to fault recoveries, with a particular focus on retryable database errors that may occur when using Icinga DB with...
Monitoring the Unknown in the Service Manager
Nearly every operating system comes with at least one kind of service management. On a Unix-based operating system, this is historically part of the init system. While the specific tools have matured over time and there are changes between operating systems, they are...
Tutorial Videos on How to write your own Icinga Web module on YouTube!
Have you ever wanted to extend the functionality of Icinga Web to suit your specific needs, but didn't know where to start? Well, you're in luck! Last week, we released a series of tutorial videos on YouTube, hosted by Markus Opolka, Senior Consultant at NETWAYS,...
Releasing Icinga for Windows v1.12.0
It has been a long time since our last release, but today it is finally time to release Icinga for Windows v1.12.0! We made some huge improvements to certain areas of Icinga for Windows, which we are going to talk about. Eventlog Memory-Leak goes Bye-Bye One of the...
Inviting you to the Open Source Camp on Kubernetes in Nuremberg
We at Icinga are proud to be a Gold Sponsor of the Open Source Camp on Kubernetes, a groundbreaking community event that brings together professionals and enthusiasts to explore the latest developments in Kubernetes deployment in enterprise environments. What's it...
Icinga for Kubernetes – How to Monitor Your Containers Effectively
Some time ago, we started research and development efforts to create components for Icinga aimed at monitoring Kubernetes environments. Over the past months, we have gained valuable insights into the platform and how we can monitor Kubernetes with Icinga efficiently....
Unmasking SVG Injection: Behind the Scenes of Web Graphics
Have you ever admired those cool graphics on the web? They look nice but can be the wolf in sheep's clothing. In this post you will learn about SVG injections and how to avoid them. What is SVG? Before we get into the topic of SVG injection, let's understand SVG...
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