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Icinga Web 2

Icinga Camp - Portland – 10/10/15

• Eric Lippmann • Working @NETWAYS • Icinga-web and Icinga Web 2 developer • Started to contribute to the Icinga project in

2011 • github.com/lippser • eric.lippmann@icinga.org

ICINGA WEB 2 2.0.0 RELEASED ON OCT 2, 2015

Quick Poll

• Motivation• Key Features• Demo• Roadmap

MOTIVATION

• Not extendable • Lacks real user management• Has authorization based on contacts but

that’s not enough for enterprise needs • Not useable on mobile devices • Has to run on the same machine as the core

does • Heavy I/O

• Complicated XML configuration • Cached configuration • Framework overhead • Not useable on mobile devices • Complicated API

• One more application to maintain

• Lacks features• No active development

LESSONS LEARNED

• Keep framework overhead at a minimum • Usable on any device • Easy to set up and use • No cache that has to be manually cleared • Easy API

KEY FEATURES

• Developed from scratch using• PHP 5.3 • Zend Framework 1 and jQuery

• Vagrant it!• git clone git://git.icinga.org/icingaweb2.git• vagrant up

• Easy to extend and embed into other projects

• Simple INI configuration• All configuration can be done in the frontend

• Small footprint, fast and responsive

• Multiple authentication methods• Active Directory, LDAP and DB• Via Webserver, e.g. Kerberos• May be chained

• Role based access control• Permissions, e.g.• Permit access to modules• Permit access to configuration• Permit Icinga commands

• Restrictions, e.g.• Limit access to specific hosts and services

• Supports Icinga 1.x and Icinga 2.x• Supports MySQL and PostgreSQL as IDO

backend• No support for Livestatus and status.dat• Basic API• JSON and CSV export• URL filters

icingaweb2/monitoring/list/services?service_problem=1&format=json

Demo

ROADMAP

• Modules, modules, modules, ...• More API actions• exchange.icinga.org integration• No release date yet for 2.1.0

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