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#### Table of Contents
1. [About][About]
2. [License][License]
3. [Installation][Installation]
4. [Documentation][Documentation]
5. [Support][Support]
2. [Installation][Installation]
3. [Documentation][Documentation]
4. [Support][Support]
5. [License][License]
6. [Contributing][Contributing]
## About
Icinga 2 is an open source monitoring system which checks the availability of your
network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates performance data for reporting.
[Icinga 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-2/) is a monitoring system which checks
the availability of your network resources, notifies users of outages, and generates
performance data for reporting.
Scalable and extensible, Icinga 2 can monitor large, complex environments across
multiple locations.
Icinga 2 as monitoring core works best with [Icinga Web 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-web-2/)
as web interface.
Icinga 2 as core requires [Icinga Web 2](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-web-2/)
on top in your Icinga Stack.
More information can be found at [icinga.com](https://icinga.com/products/icinga-2/)
and inside the [documentation](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/).
![Icinga Dashboard](https://icinga.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/icingaweb2-2.5.0-dashboard.png)
## Licensing
## Installation
For installing Icinga please check the [installation chapter](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/doc/02-getting-started/)
in the documentation.
## Documentation
The documentation is available on [icinga.com/docs](https://icinga.com/docs/icinga2/latest/).
## Support
Check the [project website](https://icinga.com) for status updates. Join the
[community channels](https://icinga.com/community/) for questions
or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://icinga.com/support/).
## License
Icinga 2 and the Icinga 2 documentation are licensed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License Version 2, you will find a copy of this license in the
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## Installation
Read the [INSTALL.md](INSTALL.md) file for more information about how to install it.
## Documentation
The documentation is located in the [doc/](doc/) directory. The latest documentation
is also available on https://docs.icinga.com
## Support
Check the project website at https://icinga.com for status updates. Join the
[community channels](https://icinga.com/community) for questions
or ask an Icinga partner for [professional support](https://icinga.com/services/support/).
## Contributing
There are many ways to contribute to Icinga -- whether it be sending patches,