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## Setting up Livestatus
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The [MK Livestatus](http://mathias-kettner.de/checkmk_livestatus.html) project
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implements a query protocol that lets users query their Icinga instance for
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status information. It can also be used to send commands.
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The Livestatus component that is distributed as part of Icinga 2 is a
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re-implementation of the Livestatus protocol which is compatible with MK
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Livestatus.
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You can enable Livestatus using icinga2-enable-feature:
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# icinga2-enable-feature livestatus
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After that you will have to restart Icinga 2:
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# /etc/init.d/icinga2 restart
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By default the Livestatus socket is available in `/var/run/icinga2/cmd/livestatus`.
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In order for queries and commands to work you will need to add your query user
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(e.g. your web server) to the `icingacmd` group:
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# usermod -a -G icingacmd www-data
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> **Note**
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> Change "www-data" to the user you're using to run queries.
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In order to use the historical tables provided by the livestatus feature (for example, the
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`log` table) you need to have the `CompatLogger` feature enabled. By default these logs
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are expected in `/var/log/icinga2/compat`. A different path can be set using the `compat_log_path`
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configuration attribute.
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# icinga2-enable-feature compatlog
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