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

apt-get install php-curl
read http://www.stankowic-development.net/?p=6987&lang=en
..a and Read github install guide
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create database for director
add database to icingaweb -> configuration -> application -> resources
download latest release from github to /usr/share/icingaweb2/modules and unpack it
enable the module icingaweb -> configuration -> modules
choose director from left hand menu