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Install Icinga with Icinga DB on Ubuntu 24.04

Install Icinga with Icinga DB on Ubuntu 24.04

Last updated: 02.04.2026 You want to install Icinga on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and work directly with Icinga DB? 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...

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...

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...

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...