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# <a id="getting-started"></a> Getting Started
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This tutorial is a step-by-step introduction to installing Icinga 2 and
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Icinga Web 2. It assumes that you are familiar with the operating system
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you're using to install Icinga 2.
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## <a id="setting-up-icinga2"></a> Setting up Icinga 2
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First off you will have to install Icinga 2. The preferred way of doing this
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is to use the official package repositories depending on which operating system
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and distribution you are running.
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Distribution | Repository
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Debian | [debmon](http://debmon.org/packages/debmon-wheezy/icinga2), [Icinga Repository](http://packages.icinga.org/debian/)
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Ubuntu | [Icinga PPA](https://launchpad.net/~formorer/+archive/ubuntu/icinga), [Icinga Repository](http://packages.icinga.org/ubuntu/)
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RHEL/CentOS | [Icinga Repository](http://packages.icinga.org/epel/)
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openSUSE | [Icinga Repository](http://packages.icinga.org/openSUSE/), [Server Monitoring Repository](https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/server:monitoring/icinga2)
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SLES | [Icinga Repository](http://packages.icinga.org/SUSE/)
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Gentoo | [Upstream](http://packages.gentoo.org/package/net-analyzer/icinga2)
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FreeBSD | [Upstream](http://www.freshports.org/net-mgmt/icinga2)
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ArchLinux | [Upstream](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/icinga2)
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Packages for distributions other than the ones listed above may also be
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available. Please contact your distribution packagers.
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### <a id="package-repositories"></a> Package Repositories
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You need to add the Icinga repository to your package management configuration.
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Below is a list with examples for the various distributions.
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Debian (debmon):
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# wget -O - http://debmon.org/debmon/repo.key 2>/dev/null | apt-key add -
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# echo 'deb http://debmon.org/debmon debmon-wheezy main' >/etc/apt/sources.list.d/debmon.list
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# apt-get update
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Ubuntu (PPA):
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# add-apt-repository ppa:formorer/icinga
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# apt-get update
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RHEL/CentOS:
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# rpm --import http://packages.icinga.org/icinga.key
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# curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ICINGA-release.repo http://packages.icinga.org/epel/ICINGA-release.repo
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# yum makecache
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Fedora:
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# rpm --import http://packages.icinga.org/icinga.key
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# curl -o /etc/yum.repos.d/ICINGA-release.repo http://packages.icinga.org/fedora/ICINGA-release.repo
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# yum makecache
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SLES 11:
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# zypper ar http://packages.icinga.org/SUSE/ICINGA-release-11.repo
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# zypper ref
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SLES 12:
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# zypper ar http://packages.icinga.org/SUSE/ICINGA-release.repo
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# zypper ref
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openSUSE:
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# zypper ar http://packages.icinga.org/openSUSE/ICINGA-release.repo
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# zypper ref
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The packages for RHEL/CentOS depend on other packages which are distributed
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as part of the [EPEL repository](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL). Please
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make sure to enable this repository by following
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[these instructions](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F).
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### <a id="installing-icinga2"></a> Installing Icinga 2
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You can install Icinga 2 by using your distribution's package manager
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to install the `icinga2` package.
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Debian/Ubuntu:
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# apt-get install icinga2
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RHEL/CentOS 5/6:
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# yum install icinga2
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# chkconfig icinga2 on
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# service icinga2 start
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RHEL/CentOS 7 and Fedora:
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# yum install icinga2
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# systemctl enable icinga2
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# systemctl start icinga2
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SLES/openSUSE:
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# zypper install icinga2
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### <a id="installation-enabled-features"></a> Enabled Features during Installation
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The default installation will enable three features required for a basic
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Icinga 2 installation:
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* `checker` for executing checks
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* `notification` for sending notifications
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* `mainlog` for writing the `icinga2.log` file
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You can verify that by calling `icinga2 feature list`
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[CLI command](8-cli-commands.md#cli-command-feature) to see which features are
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enabled and disabled.
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# icinga2 feature list
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Disabled features: api command compatlog debuglog graphite icingastatus ido-mysql ido-pgsql livestatus notification perfdata statusdata syslog
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Enabled features: checker mainlog notification
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### <a id="installation-paths"></a> Installation Paths
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By default Icinga 2 uses the following files and directories:
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Path | Description
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/etc/icinga2 | Contains Icinga 2 configuration files.
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/etc/init.d/icinga2 | The Icinga 2 init script.
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/usr/sbin/icinga2 | The Icinga 2 binary.
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/usr/share/doc/icinga2 | Documentation files that come with Icinga 2.
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/usr/share/icinga2/include | The Icinga Template Library and plugin command configuration.
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/var/run/icinga2 | PID file.
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/var/run/icinga2/cmd | Command pipe and Livestatus socket.
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/var/cache/icinga2 | status.dat/objects.cache, icinga2.debug files
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/var/spool/icinga2 | Used for performance data spool files.
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/var/lib/icinga2 | Icinga 2 state file, cluster log, local CA and configuration files.
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/var/log/icinga2 | Log file location and compat/ directory for the CompatLogger feature.
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## <a id="setting-up-check-plugins"></a> Setting up Check Plugins
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Without plugins Icinga 2 does not know how to check external services. The
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[Monitoring Plugins Project](https://www.monitoring-plugins.org/) provides
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an extensive set of plugins which can be used with Icinga 2 to check whether
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services are working properly.
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The recommended way of installing these standard plugins is to use your
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distribution's package manager.
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For your convenience here is a list of package names for some of the more
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popular operating systems/distributions:
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OS/Distribution | Package Name | Installation Path
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RHEL/CentOS (EPEL) | nagios-plugins-all | /usr/lib/nagios/plugins or /usr/lib64/nagios/plugins
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Debian | nagios-plugins | /usr/lib/nagios/plugins
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FreeBSD | nagios-plugins | /usr/local/libexec/nagios
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OS X (MacPorts) | nagios-plugins | /opt/local/libexec
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Depending on which directory your plugins are installed into you may need to
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update the global `PluginDir` constant in your [Icinga 2 configuration](5-configuring-icinga-2.md#constants-conf).
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This constant is used by the check command definitions contained in the Icinga Template Library
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to determine where to find the plugin binaries.
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Please refer to the [plugins](13-addons-plugins.md#plugins) chapter for details about how to integrate
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additional check plugins into your Icinga 2 setup.
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## <a id="running-icinga2"></a> Running Icinga 2
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### <a id="init-script"></a> Init Script
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Icinga 2's init script is installed in `/etc/init.d/icinga2` by default:
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# /etc/init.d/icinga2
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Usage: /etc/init.d/icinga2 {start|stop|restart|reload|checkconfig|status}
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The init script supports the following actions:
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Command | Description
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start | The `start` action starts the Icinga 2 daemon.
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stop | The `stop` action stops the Icinga 2 daemon.
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restart | The `restart` action is a shortcut for running the `stop` action followed by `start`.
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reload | The `reload` action sends the `HUP` signal to Icinga 2 which causes it to restart. Unlike the `restart` action `reload` does not wait until Icinga 2 has restarted.
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checkconfig | The `checkconfig` action checks if the `/etc/icinga2/icinga2.conf` configuration file contains any errors.
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status | The `status` action checks if Icinga 2 is running.
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By default the Icinga 2 daemon is running as `icinga` user and group
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using the init script. Using Debian packages the user and group are set to
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`nagios` for historical reasons.
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### <a id="systemd-service"></a> systemd Service
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Some distributions (e.g. Fedora, openSUSE and RHEL/CentOS 7) use systemd. The
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Icinga 2 packages automatically install the necessary systemd unit files.
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The Icinga 2 systemd service can be (re-)started, reloaded, stopped and also
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queried for its current status.
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# systemctl status icinga2
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icinga2.service - Icinga host/service/network monitoring system
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Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/icinga2.service; disabled)
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Active: active (running) since Mi 2014-07-23 13:39:38 CEST; 15s ago
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Process: 21692 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/icinga2 -c ${ICINGA2_CONFIG_FILE} -d -e ${ICINGA2_ERROR_LOG} -u ${ICINGA2_USER} -g ${ICINGA2_GROUP} (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
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Process: 21674 ExecStartPre=/usr/sbin/icinga2-prepare-dirs /etc/sysconfig/icinga2 (code=exited, status=0/SUCCESS)
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Main PID: 21727 (icinga2)
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CGroup: /system.slice/icinga2.service
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21727 /usr/sbin/icinga2 -c /etc/icinga2/icinga2.conf -d -e /var/log/icinga2/error.log -u icinga -g icinga --no-stack-rlimit
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 309 Service(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 1 User(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 15 Notification(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 4 ScheduledDowntime(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 1 UserGroup(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 1 IcingaApplication(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif icinga2[21692]: [2014-07-23 13:39:38 +0200] information/ConfigItem: Checked 8 Dependency(s).
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Jul 23 13:39:38 nbmif systemd[1]: Started Icinga host/service/network monitoring system.
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The `systemctl` command supports the following actions:
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Command | Description
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start | The `start` action starts the Icinga 2 daemon.
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stop | The `stop` action stops the Icinga 2 daemon.
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restart | The `restart` action is a shortcut for running the `stop` action followed by `start`.
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reload | The `reload` action sends the `HUP` signal to Icinga 2 which causes it to restart. Unlike the `restart` action `reload` does not wait until Icinga 2 has restarted.
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status | The `status` action checks if Icinga 2 is running.
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enable | The `enable` action enables the service being started at system boot time (similar to `chkconfig`)
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Examples:
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# systemctl enable icinga2
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# systemctl restart icinga2
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Job for icinga2.service failed. See 'systemctl status icinga2.service' and 'journalctl -xn' for details.
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If you're stuck with configuration errors, you can manually invoke the
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[configuration validation](8-cli-commands.md#config-validation).
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## <a id="configuration-syntax-highlighting"></a> Configuration Syntax Highlighting
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Icinga 2 ships configuration examples for syntax highlighting using the `vim` and `nano` editors.
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The RHEL, SUSE and Debian package `icinga2-common` install these files into
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`/usr/share/*/icinga2-common/syntax`. Sources provide these files in `tools/syntax`.
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### <a id="configuration-syntax-highlighting-vim"></a> Configuration Syntax Highlighting using Vim
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Create a new local vim configuration storage, if not already existing.
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Edit `vim/ftdetect/icinga2.vim` if your paths to the Icinga 2 configuration
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differ.
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$ PREFIX=~/.vim
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$ mkdir -p $PREFIX/{syntax,ftdetect}
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$ cp vim/syntax/icinga2.vim $PREFIX/syntax/
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$ cp vim/ftdetect/icinga2.vim $PREFIX/ftdetect/
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Test it:
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$ vim /etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf
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### <a id="configuration-syntax-highlighting-nano"></a> Configuration Syntax Highlighting using Nano
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Copy the `/etc/nanorc` sample file to your home directory. Create the `/etc/nano` directory
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and copy the provided `icinga2.nanorc` into it.
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$ cp /etc/nanorc ~/.nanorc
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# mkdir -p /etc/nano
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# cp icinga2.nanorc /etc/nano/
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Then include the icinga2.nanorc file in your ~/.nanorc by adding the following line:
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$ vim ~/.nanorc
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## Icinga 2
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include "/etc/nano/icinga2.nanorc"
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Test it:
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$ nano /etc/icinga2/conf.d/templates.conf
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## <a id="setting-up-the-user-interface"></a> Setting up Icinga Web 2
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Icinga 2 can be used with Icinga Web 2 and a number of other web interfaces.
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This chapter explains how to set up Icinga Web 2. The
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[Alternative Frontends](14-alternative-frontends.md#alternative-frontends)
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chapter can be used as a starting point for installing some of the other web
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interfaces which are also available.
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The DB IDO (Database Icinga Data Output) modules for Icinga 2 take care of
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exporting all configuration and status information into a database. The IDO
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database is used by a number of projects including
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[Icinga Web 2](2-getting-started.md#setting-up-icingaweb2), Icinga Reporting
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or Icinga Web 1.x.
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There is a separate module for each database backend. At present support for
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both MySQL and PostgreSQL is implemented.
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### <a id="configuring-db-ido-mysql"></a> Configuring DB IDO MySQL
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#### <a id="installing-database-mysql-server"></a> Installing MySQL database server
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Debian/Ubuntu:
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# apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client
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RHEL/CentOS 5/6:
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# yum install mysql-server mysql
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# chkconfig mysqld on
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# service mysqld start
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# mysql_secure_installation
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RHEL/CentOS 7 and Fedora:
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# yum install mariadb-server mariadb
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# systemctl enable mariadb
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# systemctl start mariadb
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# mysql_secure_installation
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SUSE:
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# zypper install mysql mysql-client
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# chkconfig mysqld on
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# service mysqld start
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#### <a id="installing-database-mysql-modules"></a> Installing the IDO modules for MySQL
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The next step is to install the `icinga2-ido-mysql` package using your
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distribution's package manager.
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Debian/Ubuntu:
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# apt-get install icinga2-ido-mysql
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RHEL/CentOS:
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# yum install icinga2-ido-mysql
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SUSE:
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# zypper install icinga2-ido-mysql
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> **Note**
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> The Debian/Ubuntu packages provide a database configuration wizard by
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> default. You can skip the automated setup and install/upgrade the
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> database manually if you prefer that.
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#### <a id="setting-up-mysql-db"></a> Setting up the MySQL database
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Set up a MySQL database for Icinga 2:
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# mysql -u root -p
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mysql> CREATE DATABASE icinga;
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GRANT SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, DROP, CREATE VIEW, INDEX, EXECUTE ON icinga.* TO 'icinga'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'icinga';
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After creating the database you can import the Icinga 2 IDO schema using the
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following command:
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# mysql -u root -p icinga < /usr/share/icinga2-ido-mysql/schema/mysql.sql
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#### <a id="enabling-ido-mysql"></a> Enabling the IDO MySQL module
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The package provides a new configuration file that is installed in
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`/etc/icinga2/features-available/ido-mysql.conf`. You will need to
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update the database credentials in this file.
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All available attributes are explained in the
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[IdoMysqlConnection object](6-object-types.md#objecttype-idomysqlconnection)
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chapter.
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You can enable the `ido-mysql` feature configuration file using
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`icinga2 feature enable`:
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# icinga2 feature enable ido-mysql
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Module 'ido-mysql' was enabled.
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Make sure to restart Icinga 2 for these changes to take effect.
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After enabling the ido-mysql feature you have to restart Icinga 2:
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Debian/Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS 6 and SUSE:
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# service icinga2 restart
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RHEL/CentOS 7 and Fedora:
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# systemctl restart icinga2
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### <a id="configuring-db-ido-postgresql"></a> Configuring DB IDO PostgreSQL
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#### <a id="installing-database-postgresql-server"></a> Installing PostgreSQL database server
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Debian/Ubuntu:
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# apt-get install postgresql
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RHEL/CentOS 5/6:
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# yum install postgresql-server postgresql
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# chkconfig postgresql on
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# service postgresql start
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RHEL/CentOS 7:
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# yum install postgresql-server postgresql
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# systemctl enable postgresql
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# systemctl start postgresql
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SUSE:
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# zypper install postgresql postgresql-server
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# chkconfig postgresql on
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# service postgresql start
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#### <a id="installing-database-postgresql-modules"></a> Installing the IDO modules for PostgreSQL
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The next step is to install the `icinga2-ido-pgsql` package using your
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distribution's package manager.
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Debian/Ubuntu:
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# apt-get install icinga2-ido-pgsql
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RHEL/CentOS:
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# yum install icinga2-ido-pgsql
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SUSE:
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# zypper install icinga2-ido-pgsql
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> **Note**
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> Upstream Debian packages provide a database configuration wizard by default.
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> You can skip the automated setup and install/upgrade the database manually
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> if you prefer that.
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#### Setting up the PostgreSQL database
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Set up a PostgreSQL database for Icinga 2:
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# cd /tmp
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# sudo -u postgres psql -c "CREATE ROLE icinga WITH LOGIN PASSWORD 'icinga'";
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# sudo -u postgres createdb -O icinga -E UTF8 icinga
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# sudo -u postgres createlang plpgsql icinga
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> **Note**
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> When using PostgreSQL 9.x you can omit the `createlang` command.
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Locate your pg_hba.conf (Debian: `/etc/postgresql/*/main/pg_hba.conf`,
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RHEL/SUSE: `/var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf`), add the icinga user with md5
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authentication method and restart the postgresql server.
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# vim /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
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# icinga
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local icinga icinga md5
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host icinga icinga 127.0.0.1/32 md5
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host icinga icinga ::1/128 md5
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# "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
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local all all ident
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# IPv4 local connections:
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host all all 127.0.0.1/32 ident
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# IPv6 local connections:
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host all all ::1/128 ident
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# /etc/init.d/postgresql restart
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After creating the database and permissions you can import the Icinga 2 IDO
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schema using the following command:
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# export PGPASSWORD=icinga
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# psql -U icinga -d icinga < /usr/share/icinga2-ido-pgsql/schema/pgsql.sql
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#### <a id="enabling-ido-postgresql"></a> Enabling the IDO PostgreSQL module
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The package provides a new configuration file that is installed in
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`/etc/icinga2/features-available/ido-pgsql.conf`. You will need to update
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the database credentials in this file.
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All available attributes are explained in the
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[IdoPgsqlConnection object](6-object-types.md#objecttype-idopgsqlconnection)
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chapter.
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You can enable the `ido-pgsql` feature configuration file using
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`icinga2 feature enable`:
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# icinga2 feature enable ido-pgsql
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Module 'ido-pgsql' was enabled.
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Make sure to restart Icinga 2 for these changes to take effect.
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After enabling the ido-pgsql feature you have to restart Icinga 2:
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Debian/Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS 6 and SUSE:
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# service icinga2 restart
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RHEL/CentOS 7 and Fedora:
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# systemctl restart icinga2
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### <a id="icinga2-user-interface-webserver"></a> Webserver
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Debian/Ubuntu:
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# apt-get install apache2
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RHEL/CentOS 6:
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# yum install httpd
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# chkconfig httpd on
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# service httpd start
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RHEL/CentOS 7/Fedora:
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# yum install httpd
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# systemctl enable httpd
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# systemctl start httpd
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SUSE:
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# zypper install apache2
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# chkconfig on
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# service apache2 start
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### <a id="icinga2-user-interface-firewall-rules"></a> Firewall Rules
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Example:
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# iptables -A INPUT -p tcp -m tcp --dport 80 -j ACCEPT
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# service iptables save
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RHEL/CentOS 7 specific:
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# firewall-cmd --add-service=http
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# firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service=http
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### <a id="setting-up-external-command-pipe"></a> Setting Up External Command Pipe
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Web interfaces and other Icinga addons are able to send commands to
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Icinga 2 through the external command pipe.
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You can enable the External Command Pipe using the CLI:
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# icinga2 feature enable command
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After that you will have to restart Icinga 2:
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Debian/Ubuntu, RHEL/CentOS 6 and SUSE:
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# service icinga2 restart
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RHEL/CentOS 7 and Fedora:
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# systemctl restart icinga2
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By default the command pipe file is owned by the group `icingacmd` with
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read/write permissions. Add your webserver's user to the group `icingacmd` to
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enable sending commands to Icinga 2 through your web interface:
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# usermod -a -G icingacmd www-data
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Debian packages use `nagios` as the default user and group name. Therefore
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change `icingacmd` to `nagios`.
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The webserver's user is different between distributions so you might have to
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change `www-data` to `wwwrun`, `www`, or `apache`.
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Change "www-data" to the user you're using to run queries.
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You can verify that the user has been successfully added to the `icingacmd`
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group using the `id` command:
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$ id <your-webserver-user>
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### <a id="setting-up-icingaweb2"></a> Installing up Icinga Web 2
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Please consult the [installation documentation](https://github.com/Icinga/icingaweb2/blob/master/doc/installation.md)
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for further instructions on how to install Icinga Web 2.
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## <a id="install-addons"></a> Addons
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A number of additional features are available in the form of addons. A list of
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popular addons is available in the
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[Addons and Plugins](13-addons-plugins.md#addons-plugins) chapter.
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