Icinga is an open-source monitoring tool used for monitoring networks, servers, and applications. It provides monitoring and alerting services for your IT infrastructure. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Icinga on EndeavourOS.
Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:
First, update your system to the latest version. To do this, open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo pacman -Syu
Run the following command to install Icinga plus its dependencies:
sudo pacman -S icinga2
After the installation, to start Icinga, run the following command:
sudo systemctl start icinga2
To ensure Icinga starts automatically when the system boots up, run the following command:
sudo systemctl enable icinga2
To verify that Icinga is installed and running on your system, run:
sudo systemctl status icinga2
This command will show the status of the Icinga service. If the service is running, then you should see output similar to the one below:
● icinga2.service - Icinga host/service/network monitoring system
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/icinga2.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: active (running) since Sun 2021-09-05 15:08:35 IST; 25s ago
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In this tutorial, you have learned how to install Icinga on EndeavourOS. You can now use the Icinga web interface or command-line tool to monitor your IT infrastructure.
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