Icinga2

Base Icinga2 + web2

Notes for setting up icinga2 on Debian9/Stretch

• see this https://www.howtoforge.com/tutorial/install-icinga2-and-icingaweb2-on-centos-7/
• base debian9 vm (2vcpu + 1gb mem + 4gb disk)
• apt-get install mariadb-server (note that mariadb root uses socket auth like postgres has been doing for many years)
• apt-get install icinga2 monitoring-plugins icingacli
• apt-get install icinga2-ido-mysql (this will create database and mysql user)
• icinga2 feature enable ido-mysql (make sure the module is enabled)
• apt-get install vim-icinga2 (this is optional)
• icinga2 feature enable command
• icinga2 feature enable api
• apt-get install icingaweb2
  • /etc/php/7.0/apache2/php.ini: set date.timezone = Europe/Copenhagen
  • mysql: create database for icingaweb
  • open http://your-icinga-server/icingaweb2/ and follow the wizard

Add hosts and services to /etc/icinga2/conf.d/ . you need to restart icinga2 in order to load new config systemctl restart icinga2

Agent push of icinga settings

• see this http://linoxide.com/ubuntu-how-to/add-host-manage-services-icinga2/
• debian7/8 - stay to manual conf or other means
• debian9
  • apt-get install icinga2 monitoring-plugins-basic
  • icinga2 node wizard

Icinga Director

• Read github install guide
• create database for director
• add database to icingaweb -> configuration -> application -> resources