Centralized IT Monitoring
Keep an Eye on Your Entire Infrastructure
Everything at a Glance
Servers, networks, applications, and services are all managed centrally through a single tool. Here’s how to see the status of your entire IT infrastructure in one place.
Identifying Problems Early
Threshold values and trends provide early warnings before a failure occurs. You react instead of being caught off guard by setbacks.
Fewer Alarms, Greater Impact
Notifications are prioritized and sent to the right people, rather than flooding inboxes with a barrage of alerts.
Open source, no lock-in
Icinga (GPL) serves as the foundation. This means there are no licensing pitfalls—you retain full control over the configuration and data.
All in one place
Consulting, installation, operation, and training of specialists—over 25 years of monitoring experience.
Managed option available
Upon request, MyEngineer will handle day-to-day operations, including alerts and responses. All you’ll see then is the dashboard.
What Happens Without Centralized Monitoring
Without a well-designed monitoring system, failures are detected too late and blind spots are overlooked.
The customer is the first to notice it
A service goes down, and you find out about it through complaints rather than through your monitoring system.
Blind Spots
The infrastructure has expanded, but no one knows exactly what is actually being monitored. In an emergency, no one will notice.
A Flood of Alarms or Silence
Either there are so many emails that no one reads them anymore, or the important alert is missing at the crucial moment.
Here’s How Your IT Monitoring Works
Four steps will guide you toward reliable monitoring during live operations. This process is the same for every NETWAYS solution.
Analyse & Konzept
We'll take a look at your infrastructure and work with you to determine what needs to be monitored and how, including your critical services.
→ From our experience with hundreds of projects, we know the pitfalls.
Aufbau & Integration
We set up checks, dashboards, and alerts with Icinga, tailored specifically to your teams and systems.
→ A well-thought-out design that grows with your needs saves you from costly renovations.
Inbetriebnahme & Alarmierung
Your monitoring goes live, notifications are logically prioritized and sent to the right people.
→ No alert fatigue—only important notifications are sent.
Support & Betrieb
Upon request, we can take over day-to-day operations entirely (outsourcing via MyEngineer) or assist your team with support and training.
→ We'll keep your monitoring running smoothly so you can focus on your core business.
The Areas of Your IT Monitoring
Servers and networks require different checks and thresholds. Dive right into the area that matters most to you right now.
Server & Systeme
CPU, RAM, hard drives, processes, and services on Linux and Windows systems, including trends and thresholds.
Effect: Identify bottlenecks before they become critical.
Netzwerk & Geräte
Switches, routers, firewalls, and bandwidth via SNMP—availability and utilization of the entire network path.
Effect: Detect network issues immediately, rather than waiting until complaints arise.
Anwendungen & Dienste
Web servers, databases, APIs, and TLS certificates. These are the services your users really rely on.
Effect: Identifying problems before the user notices them.
Dashboards & Alarmierung
Grafana dashboards provide visibility into system status, and prioritized alerts reach the right people through the appropriate channel.
Result: An overview for everyone; call only in case of an emergency.
What You Can Achieve with IT Monitoring
Fewer Outages · Transparency · Smooth Operation
Avoiding Outages
Problems are detected early and resolved before they turn into costly downtime.
Everything at a Glance
Dashboards provide visibility into the state of IT for operations and management, enabling decisions to be based on real data.
Quiet operation
Only real problems are flagged; the system handles the rest automatically. Your team works with focus rather than constantly being on high alert.
What is your solution built with?
Proven open-source components, operated in-house or through NETWAYS Managed Services. You decide what you’ll do yourself and what we’ll take care of.
Icinga
The core feature: scalable open-source monitoring for hosts, services, and networks, with checks, dependencies, and alerts. The NETWAYS Core Project.
Grafana
Dashboards and reports that provide visibility into the state of IT for operations and management: you get all performance data at a glance.
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OpenTelemetry
A vendor-neutral standard for metrics, logs, and traces. For unified instrumentation that paves the way for end-to-end observability in distributed environments.
We’ll integrate what you’re already using with
Our IT monitoring system monitors virtually anything that has an interface: via plugin, agent, or SNMP. A selection of what we typically connect.
Servers & Systems
- Linux
- Windows
- SSH / Agents
- Processes & Services
- Container
Applications & Services
- HTTP / HTTPS
- Databases
- TLS Certificates
- APIs
Server Manufacturers
- Dell (iDRAC)
- HPE (iLO)
- Lenovo
- Cisco
- Fujitsu
Network & Hardware
- Switches & Routers
- Firewalls
- SNMP
- IPMI
- UPS / Sensors
Software
- SAP
- Oracle Database
- Microsoft SQL Server
- VMware vSphere
- Exchange / Active Directory
Network Hardware
- Cisco
- Juniper
- Aruba (HPE)
- Fortinet
- MikroTik
Questions & Answers
Frequently Asked Questions About This Solution
What is IT Monitoring?
IT monitoring involves continuously monitoring the status of IT systems—that is, servers, networks, applications, and services. A monitoring tool regularly checks defined values, detects deviations, and issues an alert if something falls outside the normal range—ideally before a failure occurs.
What is the difference between server monitoring and network monitoring?
The difference between server monitoring and network monitoring lies in the perspective: Server monitoring checks what is happening on individual systems—such as CPU, RAM, or running services. Network monitoring, on the other hand, keeps an eye on the connections between them—that is, switches, routers, and bandwidth. In practice, the two complement each other and are often combined in a single Icinga setup.
Which monitoring tool is good?
That depends on the environment and your goals. For traditional server and network monitoring, Icinga is a proven, open-source choice; in dynamic cloud-native environments, Prometheus and Grafana complement it. NETWAYS is vendor-neutral and recommends the tool that best fits your infrastructure—not the other way around.
What can Icinga monitor?
Virtually anything with an interface: servers (Linux/Windows), network devices via SNMP, applications, databases, websites, TLS certificates, APIs, and more. With its extensive plugin library and custom checks, Icinga can be adapted to virtually any environment.
Icinga vs. Nagios – What's the Difference?
Icinga evolved from Nagios and remains compatible with many Nagios plugins, but offers a modern web interface, more flexible configuration, better scalability, and active ongoing development. For most new projects, Icinga is therefore the more modern choice.
Is IT monitoring also available as a managed service?
Yes. Upon request, NETWAYS will handle the entire operation of your IT monitoring—including alerts and initial response—via MyEngineer. All you see is the dashboard, and in an emergency, you'll receive a call—we take care of updates, checks, and availability.
