The Open Source Monitoring Conference · 📆 Nov. 17–19, 2026 · 📍Nuremberg · ⭐️20th Anniversary Edition
The Open Source Monitoring Conference · 📆 Nov. 17–19, 2026 · 📍Nuremberg · ⭐️20th Anniversary Edition

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Icinga 2 Installation Overview: All Guides for Ubuntu & RHEL

Icinga 2 Installation Overview: All Guides for Ubuntu & RHEL

by | Oct 8, 2026 | , , ,

Last updated: October 1, 2026 · Reading time: 2–3 minutes Icinga 2 is the foundation for reliable open-source monitoring. However, what the Icinga 2 installation looks like depends on the operating system and the components you actually need. This overview brings together all the step-by-step guides for Icinga 2, Icinga DB, Icinga DB Web, and Icinga Director for Ubuntu and RHEL in one place. What is Icinga 2? Icinga 2 is a monitoring solution that checks whether hosts and services are...

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Ansible Loop: Basics and Looping Across Multiple Tasks

Ansible Loop: Basics and Looping Across Multiple Tasks

by | Oct 1, 2026

Last updated: October 1, 2026 · Reading time: 4–6 minutes With an Ansible loop, you can run a task for each item in a list. Here you'll find the basics, along with practical examples, and learn how to use ` include_tasks ` to loop through multiple tasks that depend on...

ServiceNow CMDB Import for Icinga Director

ServiceNow CMDB Import for Icinga Director

by | Sep 24, 2026

Last updated: September 24, 2026 · Reading time: 3–4 minutes Manually transferring ServiceNow CMDB data into Icinga Director takes time and quickly results in outdated data. The Icinga Web 2 module " icingaweb2-module-servicenow-import " from NETWAYS fills this gap:...

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Alertmanager-Icinga-Bridge – A Signalilo Fork

Alertmanager-Icinga-Bridge – A Signalilo Fork

by | Jul 30, 2026

Last updated: July 30, 2026 · Reading time: 2–3 minutes Alertmanager and Icinga do not communicate with each other by default. If you want to process Prometheus alerts centrally via Icinga, you need a bridge between the two systems. That's exactly what the...

Ansible Icinga Collection

Ansible Icinga Collection

by | Jul 16, 2026

Last updated: July 16, 2026 · Reading time: 4–6 minutes With Ansible and Icinga, you can automate the setup of your entire monitoring environment. The " netways.icinga " collection brings together eight roles that handle exactly these recurring steps for you. We'll...

Bug Fix Release: Icinga 2 v2.16.3, v2.15.5, v2.14.10

Bug Fix Release: Icinga 2 v2.16.3, v2.15.5, v2.14.10

by | Jul 6, 2026

Shortly after the release of the latest security updates, there's some news: Users who have enabled the " Json.decode() " feature in their settings were surprised by an unpleasant side effect. As part of one of the security fixes, the internal C++ function `...

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Here you’ll find articles on Ansible, Foreman, and IT infrastructure automation.

Ansible and the Elastic Stack

Ansible and the Elastic Stack

by | Aug 6, 2026

Last updated: August 6, 2026 · Reading time: 4–6 minutes In this article, I’d like to introduce you to the Ansible Collection netways.elasticstack, which allows you to automatically deploy and manage Ansible and the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana,...

Ansible Icinga Collection

Ansible Icinga Collection

by | Jul 16, 2026

Last updated: July 16, 2026 · Reading time: 4–6 minutes With Ansible and Icinga, you can automate the setup of your entire monitoring environment. The " netways.icinga " collection brings together eight roles that handle exactly these recurring steps for you. We'll...

Foreman & Katello Update | Fixes, CVEs, and New Releases

Foreman & Katello Update | Fixes, CVEs, and New Releases

by | Jul 8, 2026

Installer Fix and CVE Updates At the Foreman Release Team Meeting on July 1, 2026, it was reported that the previously malfunctioning foreman-installer-source-release is now working again. The issue was resolved by two pull requests that restored compatibility between...

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Browse through the articles on Elastic, Graylog, Wazuh, and log management.

What is Wazuh?

What is Wazuh?

by | Jul 2, 2026

Last updated: July 2, 2026 · Reading time: 3–4 minutes Wazuh is an open-source security platform that combines log management, intrusion detection, vulnerability assessment, and compliance monitoring all in one place. At NETWAYS, we’re getting more and more questions...

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Security Release for Icinga 2 v2.16.2, 2.15.4, 2.14.9

Security Release for Icinga 2 v2.16.2, 2.15.4, 2.14.9

by | Jun 30, 2026

Today's security update for Icinga2 addresses several security vulnerabilities. Two of them are particularly critical. An update is absolutely necessary. An unauthenticated attacker can use this to take over or crash Icinga 2 processes over the network. The remaining...

Icinga Web Module for Performance Data Graphs

Icinga Web Module for Performance Data Graphs

by | May 8, 2025

After we forked the Grafana module for Icinga Web last year, we thought about whether there are other ways to graphically display Icinga performance data on the web. Running a Grafana instance alongside Icinga just for rendering graphs is a lot of effort and...

The Icinga Web Grafana module has found a new home

The Icinga Web Grafana module has found a new home

by | Mar 30, 2025

We are happy to announce that the Icinga Web Grafana module has found a new home! Originally developed by Carsten (Mikesch-mp), this module is a valuable extension of the Icinga ecosystem and enables the integration of Grafana into the Icinga web interface. By handing...