Monitoring & Observability

From the initial installation to the running monitoring stack:

Here you will find all instructions for the basic installation of Icinga.
Compact and practical.

Is Icinga free of charge?

Is Icinga free of charge?

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...

Observability vs Monitoring

Observability vs Monitoring

The term observability is on everyone's lips and is often touted as a modern solution to dusty old, static monitoring. All manufacturers offer it, all users need it, preferably a lot and right now. However, if you read through product descriptions and blog articles on this topic, you will notice that there is no really uniform definition of the term. What do I mean by that? Depending on what you read, observability is sometimes “an approach to improving observability” or “an element of modern...