This document discusses Icinga 2, an open source monitoring software. It describes Icinga 2's cluster architecture with features like API communication over SSL, load distribution, and automatic redistribution of checks. It also discusses Icinga 2's configuration including endpoints, zones, global zones, and synchronization. The document demonstrates Icinga 2's cluster functionality and concludes by encouraging users to try out Icinga 2 and provide feedback.

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Icinga Camp - Antwerp
04/13/2015 Icinga - Open Source Monitoring

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Me
• Michael Friedrich
• @dnsmichi, 31, Austrian
• Application Developer @NETWAYS
• Icinga responsibilities
• Core 1.x & 2.x Developer
• Release Manager
• Doing Icinga since May 2009

3. ICINGA 2 - CLUSTER

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Icinga 2 - Cluster Architecture
• API communication using SSL
• Bidirectional connections supported
• Zone support for logic splits in the configuration
• Hash-based load distribution
• “binlog” like retention for monitoring events and messages
• Distributed components throughout the cluster
• Automatic redistribution of checks
• Integrated health check

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CA Zones API
Icinga 2 - Cluster Overview
Cluster
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Icinga 2 - Cluster Distribution
Checker
Perfdata GELF
IDO
Open
TSDB
Graphite
Livestatus Checker
Statusdat
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Icinga 2 - Cluster Zones
IDO
Checker
Graphite
Livestatus Checker
Statusdat
Host Host
Host
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Checker
Perfdata IDO

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Icinga 2 – Resource optimization
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Icinga 2 – SSL Certificates
• CLI commands & setup wizards

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Icinga 2 – Configuration: Endpoints
• Endpoints with communication information

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Icinga 2 – Configuration: Zones
• Zones as trust model

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Icinga 2 – Configuration: Global Zones
• Sync templates, groups, notifications to all endpoints
• Hosts and Services are not supported

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Icinga 2 – Configuration: Synchronization
• Configuration master with zones.d/<zonename>
• Slave checker enables ‘accept_config’

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Icinga 2 - Demo
DEMO

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Icinga 2 – Demo
Get VirtualBox >= 4.2.16 && Vagrant >= 1.6.5
$ git clone --recursive https://github.com/Icinga/icinga-vagrant.git
$ cd icinga-vagrant
$ cd icinga2x-cluster
$ vagrant up
$ vagrant ssh icinga2a
$ vagrant ssh icinga2b
$> sudo –i
http://192.168.33.10 & http://192.168.33.20

16. CONCLUSION

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Conclusion
• Download Icinga 2
– Use packages
– Play with Vagrant and VirtualBox
• Rethink you configuration strategy
– Follow extensive migration docs, it is time for a change!
• Install Icinga Web 2 and play with it
• Give us feedback
– dev.icinga.org
– IRC
– Twitter
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18. VISION

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Vision
• No enterprise edition
• Enterprise integration
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