Icinga is an open-source monitoring tool used to monitor and report on the availability and performance of your network devices, servers, and applications. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps to install Icinga on Void Linux.
Before starting, ensure that you have the following:
Update the system packages to ensure that you have the latest versions of all the software packages installed on your system. Run the following command to update system packages:
sudo xbps-install -Suv
Icinga requires some dependencies to be installed on your system. Run the following command to install them:
sudo xbps-install -y gcc make libressl-devel mariadb mariadb-devel mariadb-client mariadb-common mariadb-server mariadb-libs gettext-devel ninja
You can install Icinga from source code or from the official repository. This tutorial will focus on installing Icinga from the official repository. Run the following command to install Icinga:
sudo xbps-install -y icinga icingaweb2 icingacli icinga2-classicui icinga2-classicui-plugin
After installing Icinga, you need to start and enable the necessary services. Run the following commands to start and enable the Icinga2, MariaDB, and Apache services:
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/icinga2 /var/service/
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/mariadb /var/service/
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/apache2 /var/service/
You need to configure the MariaDB database to store Icinga information. Run the following command to start the MariaDB service:
sudo sv start mariadb
Run the following commands to secure the MariaDB installation and create a new database:
sudo mysql_secure_installation
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter the root password you set during the secure installation. Run the following commands in the MariaDB shell:
CREATE DATABASE icinga;
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON icinga.* TO 'icinga2'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'icinga2';
FLUSH PRIVILEGES;
quit
Icinga configuration files are located in the /etc/icinga2 directory. Modify the files to suit your requirements. Run the following commands to enable and start the Icinga Web and Icinga CLI services:
sudo icingacli setup config directory
sudo icingacli setup token create
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/icingaweb2 /var/service/
sudo ln -s /etc/sv/icingacli /var/service/
sudo sv start icingaweb2
sudo sv start icingacli
Open a web browser and navigate to http://localhost/icingaweb2. You should see the Icinga web interface. Login with the following credentials:
Username: icingaadmin
Password: your_icingaweb_user_password
You have successfully installed and configured Icinga on Void Linux. You can now add hosts and services to monitor.
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