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Alertmanager-Icinga-Bridge – A Signalilo Fork

Alertmanager-Icinga-Bridge – A Signalilo Fork

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 Alertmanager-Icinga Bridge does: It receives alerts from Alertmanager and automatically creates them as services in Icinga. In this post, we'll explain why we're continuing to develop the Signalilo tool under a new name, what changes have been made to the code, and what new features have been...

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Ansible Icinga Collection

Ansible Icinga Collection

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...

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Ansible basics

Ansible basics

Last updated: 28.05.2026 Imagine you have to install the same packages, start services and adjust configurations on 10 servers. Manually via SSH, with copy-paste commands and countless error searches. Ansible, an open source tool developed primarily by Red Hat,...

Install Icinga Director on RHEL 10.1

Install Icinga Director on RHEL 10.1

Last updated: 21.05.2026 You no longer want to manage your Icinga configuration exclusively via configuration files? The Icinga Director makes exactly this possible: As a web-based configuration module, hosts, services and templates can be conveniently created and...

Install Icingaweb2 and Icinga DB Web on RHEL 10.1

Install Icingaweb2 and Icinga DB 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...

Install Icinga with Icinga DB on RHEL 10.1

Install Icinga with Icinga DB on RHEL 10.1

Last updated: 30.04.2026 This guide will walk you through the complete installation of Icinga 2 with Icinga DB on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.1 - from repository setup to the running monitoring stack. You get a cleanly set up Icinga stack with Icinga DB as a modern...

Integrate Icinga and Prometheus

Integrate Icinga and Prometheus

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...

Install Icinga Director on Ubuntu 24.04

Install Icinga Director on Ubuntu 24.04

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...

Install Icingaweb2 & Icinga DB Web on Ubuntu 24.04

Install Icingaweb2 & Icinga DB Web on Ubuntu 24.04

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...

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...

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...