Icinga 2 Fundamentals

With this Icinga 2 fundamentals training you will get an overview of the new configuration format. You will gain in-depth inside in the Open Source Monitoring software Icinga, its add-ons as well as the monitoring of modern IT infrastructure. Best practices and the brand new Icinga Web 2 are also a big part of that training.

Obsah školení

Installation of Icinga 2 and Icinga Web 2

• Install and configure Icinga 2 packages
• Installation of Monitoring Plugins
• Setting up the database for the DB IDO feature
• Configuration validation and troubleshooting hints
• Install Icinga Web 2 step by step using the web setup wizard

Icinga remote clients

• Classic remote clients by example (NRPE, SSH, SNMP, NSClient++)
• Icinga 2 Agent as remote node and command execution bridge
• Troubleshooting & scenario discussion

Configuration basics and best practices

• Overview of the Icinga 2 configuration language
• Main configuration, constants and global definitions
• Icinga Template Library, object and value types
• Best practice on configuration structure
• Constants, Templates and Custom Attributes
• Check commands and plugin integration by example
• Add your hosts and apply services based on patternsGroup membership
• Alert Notifications and Dependencies for network reachability

Graphing Addons

• Installation of PNP4Nagios
• Integration with Icinga 2’s PerfdataWriter feature
• Seamingless integration into Icinga Web 2