Icinga Web 2 at Icinga Camp San Francisco
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The document discusses Icinga Web 2, a new web interface for monitoring systems with Icinga. It provides key motivations for its development, including limitations of prior interfaces. Icinga Web 2 features a simplified PHP-based architecture with improved extensibility, configuration, and support for multiple devices. The presentation demonstrates Icinga Web 2 and solicits questions from the audience.
Icinga Web 2 at Icinga Camp San Francisco
- 1. WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Web 2 Icinga Camp San Francisco 25th September 2014 San Francisco
- 2. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG ● Eric ● [email protected] ● Icinga Web and Icinga Web 2 developer ● Started to contribute to the Icinga project in 2011 ● This sad bird does not have Twitter ● github.com/lippser Me #icingacamp
- 3. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG What it’s all about … ● Motivation ● Key Features ● Demo #icingacamp
- 4. MOTIVATION
- 5. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga CGIs ● Not extendable ● Lacks real user management – Has authorization based on contacts but that’s not enough for enterprise needs ● Not useable on mobile devices #icingacamp
- 6. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Web
- 7. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Web ● Complicated XML configuration ● Cached configuration ● Framework overhead ● Not useable on mobile devices
- 8. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Mobile ● One more application to maintain ● No active development ● Lacks features #icingacamp
- 9. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Lessons Learned ● Keep framework overhead at a minimum ● Should be usable on any device ● Simple configuration ● Lightweight but flexible ● Easy to use ● No cache that has to be manually cleared #icingacamp
- 10. KEY FEATURES
- 11. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Web 2 - 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 ● Multiple authentication methods – LDAP and DB – Webserver – You may chain them #icingacamp
- 12. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Web 2 - Key Features ● Easy to extend – Ships with a nice library ● Simple INI configuration – All configuration can be done in the frontend ● Advanced URL filters ● CLI ● Multiple Backends – IDO using MySQL or Postgres – Livestatus – But no status.dat #icingacamp
- 13. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Icinga Web 2 - Backends IDO Database IDOUtils Icinga Core Icinga 2 Icinga Web 2 Icinga Core w/ Livestatus #icingacamp
- 14. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG Wanted ● Installation wizard ● Reporting #icingacamp
- 15. DEMO
- 16. DEV. WIKI. BLOG. DOC. | WWW.ICINGA.ORG QUESTIONS & ANSWERS Icinga Camp San Francisco 2014 Web + Blog www.icinga.org Docs docs.icinga.org Development dev.icinga.org Sourcecode git.icinga.org Releases github.com/Icinga Wiki wiki.icinga.org IRC #icinga on FreeNode Mailing lists lists.icinga.org Support support.icinga.org Twitter twitter.com/icinga Facebook facebook.com/icinga …….. Everywhere! ? Questions & Answers