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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...

Icinga Web Module for Performance Data Graphs

Icinga Web Module for Performance Data Graphs

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

The Icinga Web Grafana module has found a new home

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

Katello as a package mirror for Icinga

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...

NIS 2 – The current status in January 2025

NIS 2 – The current status in January 2025

Since its adoption, the EU Directive NIS 2 (Network and Information Security Directive 2) has been a central element of the European cyber security strategy. It aims to strengthen the resilience and protection of critical infrastructures (KRITIS) in Europe. In January 2025, many companies and organizations will need to further adapt their IT security standards. But what is the current status? What does NIS 2 actually mean for companies? Reminder: What is NIS 2? The NIS 2 Directive is the...

Show users in MySQL

Show users in MySQL

In MySQL, user management plays a crucial role in making database access secure and efficient. But how do you display existing users? In this blog post you will learn how to quickly and easily list all MySQL users, what information you will get and what you should look out for. Step 1: Login to MySQL To display the users in MySQL, you must first log in with a user account with sufficient permissions (e.g. B. root). You can do this from the command line: root@testhost:~# mysql -u root Welcome...

Icinga 2 Security Release – November 2024

Icinga 2 Security Release – November 2024

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

Data collection with the Support Collector

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...