Icinga Releases V1.3.0 Open Source Monitoring Tool

Online, February 17, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Icinga the open source monitoring solution and Nagios fork, proudly presented the new, stable version 1.3.0 online today. Alongside an array of enhancements, the new release features improved IPv6 support, superior database connectivity and optimized performance in the web interface.

In keeping with the latest standards, Icinga now supports multiple addresses to offer users greater flexibility in heterogeneous environments. This new functionality allows extra IPv6 addresses to be assigned to a single host, making the monitoring of complex infrastructures even more convenient. Substantial improvements to Icinga Core threading, performance and stability can also be seen.

On the database side, support was optimized for all major platforms - MySQL, PostgreSQL and Oracle with the addition of multi-valued inserts for host and service contacts, as opposed to single insert/update loops in IDOUtils (Icinga Data Out Utilities). Moreover, service and host checks are now only inserted when entirely processed, further increasing database performance.

Above all, the new Icinga web interface features many significant enhancements. Customized widgets known as Cronks can now be easily created in a series of clicks. Users can filter, sort and save a view they often use as a Cronk, and share it among their user groups. The user can also create their own Cronk categories, to organize and access their preferred views on the left menu of the interface.

Another new feature of Icinga Web is a control panel to monitor remote instances, making Icinga even more convenient to use in distributed environments. Version 1.3.0 also sees Icinga Web upgraded to the latest Ext JS to offer faster and more consistent browser support for Firefox, Safari, IE6, Chrome or Opera.

No component was left untouched in Icinga 1.3.0, with the integrated reporting module now boasting flexible distribution parameters. Users can specify recurring reports in fixed intervals such as "last week" or "last month" to be sent when desired. Icinga Docs, the official English and German documentation have too kept pace with development, adding how-to guides on reporting integration and addons such as PNP Grapher.

Icinga Core and IDOUtils Developer, Michael Friedrich explained the driving force behind developments in the new version: "Optimized performance and stability was our main focus for Icinga 1.3.0. This was definitely motivated by the community- over 4 months we have implemented around 200 fixes and new features to meet many user requests. We are excited to say that the release of Icinga 1.3.0 marks the beginning of a stable-only road map, where future versions will be fully tested and operational."

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About Icinga
Icinga is an enterprise grade open source monitoring system which keeps watch over a network and any conceivable network resource, notifies the user of errors and recoveries, and generates performance data for reporting. Scalable and extensible, Icinga can monitor complex, large environments across dispersed locations. Icinga is a fork of Nagios and is backward compatible.

Though Icinga retains all the existing features of its predecessor, it builds on them to add many long awaited patches and features requested by the user community. This has culminated in standout features such as PostgreSQL and Oracle database support, improved extensibility through robust web, data access and plugin APIs as well as a user-friendly, dynamic web interface.

Icinga 1.3.0 Change Log

Core
•Basic dual-stacked IPv6 support with address6 as host definition attribute added
•Support for same host service dependencies with service groups added
•Event broker modules to override sending notifications allowed
•Empty host group assignments for services as opt-in configuration option allowed

IDOUtils
•DBVersion check in IDO2DB and print error to syslog added in case of non-matching
•Service and host checks only inserted when they are finally processed, increased performance by replacing insert/update with single insert
•Multi valued inserts for host|service_contacts instead of single insert/update loops added
•Host|service|scheduled downtime status tables on core restart/reload no longer clear

API
•Scheduled downtime definitions added
•Duration as special field added
•Group summary query for config_type fixed
•Address6 as selectable column added

Web
•Saving, editing and deletion of user-own custom Cronks enabled
•Customized icons for Cronks menu and single click Cronk access added
•Tab slider and simple duration field added
•Downtimes Cronk and filter for downtimes/acknowledgements added

Classic UI
•Address6 added next to address in several views
•Service states to annotate with current notification number opt-in added
•"Attempt" column added to host status detail list
•Trend time period feature added to locate the next problem

For more details and the full change log see:

Icinga Wiki
https://wiki.icinga.org/display/Dev/Icinga+Core+Changelog
https://wiki.icinga.org/display/Dev/Icinga+Web+Changelog

Icinga Project Roadmap
https://dev.icinga.org/projects/icinga-development/roadmap