Hands-on Icinga Training
In this workshop you will get a basic introduction to Icinga 2, IcingaWeb 2 and the Icinga Director as well as practical insight into configuration, monitoring plugins and agent-based monitoring of Linux and Windows systems. Through hands-on exercises, you will benefit from our comprehensive training program that covers all important aspects of Icinga monitoring, including configuring notifications and service dependencies.
Agenda
We dive deep into the world of Icinga, covering topics such as:
- Introduction to (availability) monitoring and the Icinga project
- Historical development of Icinga
- Basic introduction to Icinga 2, Icinga Web 2 and the Icinga Director
- Basic configuration and grouping of hosts
- Different types of check plugins
- Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins
- Defining and assigning different service checks using service apply rules
- Grouping services using service groups and service sets
- Understanding and using check commands and the Icinga template library
- Agent based monitoring of Linux and Windows systems
- Understanding certificate issuance, endpoints, and zones
- Icinga for Windows and using the Icinga PowerShell components
- Health checks and self-monitoring
- Built-in troubleshooting options including setting acknowledgements and downtime
- Sample network device monitoring using SNMP
- Passive checks and check freshness
- Configuring notifications and escalations
- Understanding and applying service and host dependencies
- Modulating and monitoring business processes
- In-depth use and configuration of Icinga Web 2
- Outlook on possible extensions to the monitoring environment
- Distributed monitoring using satellites and agents
- Director import based on SQL, LDAP and structured files
- Practical use of the Map and Cube modules
- Icinga web authentication and authorization using LDAP
- Graphs with InfluxDB combined with Grafana
- Icinga 2 API
- Advanced configuration with apply-for rules and more
- Icinga Reporting
- Certificate monitoring with x509 module
- Advanced notification options
- Maintenance and Troubleshooting
- Automated deployment
- Plugin development
Training
Navid Sassan, Linuxfabrik
Course Duration and Prices
The course is charged on a time and material basis and per participant as part of your Service Contract. The more experience you have, the cheaper, shorter and more dynamic the course will be.
- Without service contract: 240 CHF/h per participant
- With Bronze Service Contract: 180 CHF/h per participant
- With Silver Service Contract: 170 CHF/h per participant
- With Gold Service Contract: 160 CHF/h per participant
For each additional participant on your team, you will receive a discount on the total price:
- Two: 5% discount
- Three: 10% discount
- Four: 15% discount
- Five: 20% discount
- Six or more colleagues: 25% discount
Recommended duration: 32 hours
Course Format
- Online training (remote)
- In-house training (at your site)
Target Audience
This course is ideal if you are looking for an introduction to Icinga or want to deepen your knowledge of Icinga 2, IcingaWeb 2 and the Icinga Director.
Why Icinga?
With an open architecture and seamless integration with tools like InfluxDB and Grafana, Icinga gives organizations the flexibility to customize their monitoring environment and take advantage of advanced visualization and analysis options. With Icinga, organizations can streamline operations, minimize downtime and improve the overall performance of their IT infrastructure.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of data center infrastructure such as networking and storage is helpful, as well as basic Linux and command line skills.
Follow-up Course
Monitoring with the Linuxfabrik Monitoring Plugins
Registration and More Information
- The training is conducted in German.
- We do not provide any training materials.
- We conduct the training in and with your environment.
