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Install Icingaweb and IcingaDB Web on RHEL 10.1

Last updated: 07.05.2026 For many users, a graphical user interface is indispensable. With Icinga Web, Icinga2 provides the graphical user interface via which checks, hosts and status messages can be clearly visualized and managed. If you have already completed my guide to installing Icinga2 and IcingaDB, you can continue directly here. If not, I recommend you read my previous guide first. Step-by-step instructions for installing Icingaweb and IcingaDB Web on RHEL 10.1 This guide will walk you...

Install Icinga with IcingaDB on RHEL 10.1

by Dirk Wening

Last updated: 30.04.2026 This guide will walk you through the complete installation of Icinga 2 with IcingaDB on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 - from repository setup to the running monitoring stack. You get a cleanly set up Icinga stack with IcingaDB as a modern data backend. Step-by-step instructions for installing Icinga and IcingaDB on RHEL 10.1 An important note before starting: The official RHEL repositories of Icinga are part of the Icinga Repository Subscription. It is not possible to...

Integrate Icinga and Prometheus

by Markus Opolka

Last updated: 23.04.2026 Icinga and Prometheus are both excellent monitoring solutions. However, the focus of the tools is different. When it comes to monitoring real-time metrics or short-lived services such as containers, Prometheus is the tool of choice. Icinga is often better suited for large-scale status monitoring of the basic infrastructure. However, both solutions do not have to be contrary to each other, but complementary. In this article, we will look at how we can integrate both...

Install Icinga Director on Ubuntu 24.04

by Dirk Wening

Last updated: 16.04.2026 You no longer want to manage your Icinga configuration exclusively via configuration files? The Icinga Director makes exactly that possible: As a web-based configuration module for Icinga 2, hosts, services and templates can be conveniently created and managed via the Icinga web interface without having to manually edit configuration files. No Icinga or Icinga Web installed yet? Then take a look at our instructions for installing Icinga 2 and Icingaweb first....

Install Icingaweb & IcingaDB Web on Ubuntu 24.04

by Dirk Wening

Last updated: 09.04.2026 Many users not only want to manage their monitoring via the console, but also evaluate it graphically. With Icinga2 and Icinga Web, a modern interface is available for this, in which processes and checks can be conveniently visualized. If you have already read my guide on installing Icinga2 and IcingaDB from the Part 1 of this series you can continue directly here. If not, we recommend starting with the basic installation first. Step-by-step instructions for installing...

Install Icinga with IcingaDB on Ubuntu 24.04

by Dirk Wening

Last updated: 02.04.2026 You want to install Icinga on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and work directly with IcingaDB? Good decision! The new architecture ensures that monitoring data is processed much better than with older backends. Step-by-step instructions for installing Icinga on Ubuntu 24.04 In this guide I will show you step by step how to install and configure Icinga 2 with IcingaDB. Requirements for the installation Before you start installing Icinga on Ubuntu 24.04, your environment should fulfill...

Is Icinga free of charge?

by Tobias Redel

Last updated: 05.03.2026 This blog post explains whether Icinga is free. As I sit here and start writing this blog post, I still can't believe that today is about this topic. Is Icinga free of charge? For me, as someone who has been involved with open source software for almost 25 years now (yes, I'm old!), this question seems strange and yet the topic is interesting. As obvious as the answer to this is for me, the figures, data and facts from the usual analytics tools are just as clear. The...

Icinga Web Module for Performance Data Graphs

by Markus Opolka

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 additional operational complexity, no matter how great you think Grafana is. In addition, the installation of the grafana-image-renderer is not always trivial. So we took a closer look at the topic and tried to create an Icinga Web module...

The Icinga Web Grafana module has found a new home

by Tobias Redel

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 over maintenance to our team, we undertake to ensure stability and compatibility. You can find the new repository for the module on GitHub at: 👉 https://github.com/NETWAYS/icingaweb2-module-grafana WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR YOU AS...

Katello as a package mirror for Icinga

by Dirk Götz

This article is about setting up Katello as a package mirror for Icinga. Specifically, Icinga for Windows, Debian / Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and other derivatives. In consulting, different products from our portfolio come together again and again, and since we naturally also work on open source projects and want to improve them, such a meeting is always the right starting point. This was also the case recently when I spoke to Christian Stein, the main contact person for Icinga for...

Icinga 2 Security Release – November 2024

by Tobias Redel

Critical error in the Icinga 2 core Today, November 12, 2024, the Icinga team has released a security fix that is classified as CRITICAL. The associated CVE (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures) can be found under the number CVE-2024-49369. You can find Icinga's blog post on the topic here: https://icinga.com/blog/2024/11/12/critical-icinga-2-security-releases-2-14-3/ Our recommendation The problems affect masters, satellites and agents. We recommend that all Icinga users install this update...

Data collection with the Support Collector

by Tobias Redel

Last updated: 22.11.2024 What is the Support Collector and how does it work? The Support Collector offers an easy way to automatically record all important information about a server and the installed software components. A ZIP file is created with just a few commands, which can then be made available to our support team. This file contains comprehensive information about the server and the software components, so that repeated requests for details such as software versions or configurations...